Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -60 meters (-197 feet).Standard Deviation = 240.830 based on 90 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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:
elongata
- Martinez , 1992
- Scientific name: - Asychis elongata Martinez , 1992
- Specific name:
elongata
- Martinez , 1992
- Genus:
Asychis
(
- Subfamily:
Maldaninae
(
- Family:
Maldanidae
(
- Order:
Scolecida
(
- Class:
Polychaeta
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Asychis Amphiglypta
- Maldanopsis Elongata
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Asychis
There are approximately 16 species 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
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Further Reading
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 214.
Notes
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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, EPA'S EMAP Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 219959
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-67519
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13761341
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 67519
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 504570
Footnotes
Curator for this page: Eriberto de Assis. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30
