Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -570 meters (0 to -1,870 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
- Order:
Scolecida
()
- Family:
Maldanidae
()
- Subfamily:
Maldaninae
()
- Genus:
Asychis
()
- Kinberg, 1867
- Specific name:
disparidentata
- Spencer, 1973
- Scientific name: - Asychis disparidentata Spencer, 1973
- Specific name:
disparidentata
- Spencer, 1973
- Genus:
Asychis
(
- Subfamily:
Maldaninae
(
- Family:
Maldanidae
(
- Order:
Scolecida
(
- Class:
Polychaeta
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Asychis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. amphiglypta · A. amphiglyptus · A. biceps · A. carolinae · A. chilensis · A. disparidentata · A. elongata · A. elongatus · A. gangeticus · A. gotoi · A. lacera · A. similis · A. theodori · A. trifilosus · A. trifoiloisa · A. urceolata
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. ENG url p. 11, p. 36, p. 5, p. 87, p. 9.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, ENG url p. 12, p. 33.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 14, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: National Comprehensive Oceanographic Survey 1958-1960 (OBIS China)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NCOS1959_Crustacea (OBIS China)
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 219961
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-67523
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 67523
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 504572
Footnotes
- Mean = -50.450 meters (-165.518 feet), Standard Deviation = 110.680 based on 29 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Curator for this page: Eriberto de Assis. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30
