Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 9 meters (30 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Annelida
()
- Lamarck, 1809
- Segmented Worms
- Class:
Polychaeta
()
- Grube, 1850
- Polychaetes
- Subclass:
Palpata
()
- Order:
Terebellida
()
- Family:
Ampharetidae
()
- Malmgren, 1865
- Subfamily:
Ampharetinae
()
- Genus:
Ampharete
()
- Malmgren, 1865
- Specific name:
acutifrons
- (Grube, 1860)
- Scientific name: - Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860)
- Specific name:
acutifrons
- (Grube, 1860)
- Genus:
Ampharete
(
- Subfamily:
Ampharetinae
(
- Family:
Ampharetidae
(
- Order:
Terebellida
(
- Subclass:
Palpata
(
- Class:
Polychaeta
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Amphicteis acutifrons Grube
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
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Members of the genus Ampharete
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Further Reading
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- A monograph of the British marine annelids. 4 1922 London, The Ray society, 1873/1900-1922/23. url p. , p. , p. 66, p. 67, p. 68, p. 69, p. v.
- A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa / By J.H. Day, &c. London: BM(NH), 1967. url p. 699.
- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 127, p. 39.
- Ecological study of the Amoco Cadiz oil spill: report of the NOAA-CNEXO Joint Scientific Commission. [Paris]: Centre national pour l'exploitation des océans, [1982] url p. 216.
- Environmental assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf: Annual reports of principal investigators. [Boulder, Colo.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, url p. 18.
- Environmental benchmark studies in Casco Bay, Portland Harbor, Maine, April 1980 / Peter F. Larsen, Anne C. Johnson, and Lee F. Doggett. Woods Hole, Mass.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center; 1983. url p. 119, p. 120, p. 126, p. 127, p. 136, p. 138, p. 144, p. 159, p. 162, p. 169.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url .
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 115.
- Georges Bank benthic infauna monitoring program: final report for second year of sampling (July, 1982-May, 1983) / [Nancy Maciolek-Blake. .. et al.] Washington, D.C.: Prepared for U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service by Battelle New England Research Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1984. url .
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 4, p. 6, p. 9.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 208.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 148, p. 315, p. 316, p. 534, p. 572, p. 682.
- Results of the third joint US-USSR Bering & Chukchi Seas expedition (BERPAC): Summer 1988 / John F. Turner, . .. [et al.]; P.A. Nagel, editor. Washington, DC: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1992. url p. 256.
- Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 15.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 34.
- The Danish Ingolf-expedition. CopenhagenH. Hagerup1899-1953 url p. 47, p. 64, p. 69, p. 71.
- Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. Stockholm [etc.]Almqvist & Wiksells. url p. 117, p. 249, p. 96.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Benthic fauna in the Pechora Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Biogeography Scheldt Estuary
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Macrobel: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, N3 data of Kiel bay
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Polish Arctic Marine Programme
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- NLBIF, Zoological Museum Amsterdam - Noordzee
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Invertebrates
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2551882
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-67735
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13794926
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 67735
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 504726
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 139.840 based on 425 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
