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 -692 meters (-2,270 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Aschelminthes
()
- Phylum:
Nematoda
()
- (Rudolphi, 1808) Lankester, 1877
- Round Worms
- Subclass:
Chromadoria
()
- Order:
Araeolaimida
()
- Suborder:
Araeolaimina
()
-
- Superfamily:
Araeolaimoidea
()
-
- Family:
Araeolaimidae
()
-
- Genus:
Araeolaimus
()
- Man, 1888
- Specific name:
elegans
- De Man, 1888
- Scientific name: - Araeolaimus elegans De Man, 1888
- Specific name:
elegans
- De Man, 1888
- Genus:
Araeolaimus
(
- Family:
Araeolaimidae
(
- Superfamily:
Araeolaimoidea
(
- Suborder:
Araeolaimina
(
- Order:
Araeolaimida
(
- Subclass:
Chromadoria
(
- Phylum:
Nematoda
(
- Superphylum:
Aschelminthes
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Coinonema punctatum Cobb
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Sherman John Dempster Junior Coleopterological
notes
for the year 1886 Proceedings of the Entomological Society
of Washington 1: 79., 1888.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
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Members of the genus Araeolaimus
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Further Reading
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- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 67.
- Sherman John Dempster Junior Coleopterological notes for the year 1886 Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 1: 79., 1888.
- Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. Leiden, Brill. DUT url p. 244.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 30, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Distribution of nematodes in Patagonia Argentina coast
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Generic Taxonomic Database System on Mysida and Nematoda
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2564177
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-59589
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 59589
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 482215
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 1,562.380 based on 13 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
