Asychis elongatus

Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -597 meters (0 to -1,959 feet).Mean = -85.810 meters (-281.529 feet), Standard Deviation = 161.360 based on 68 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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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: elongatus
        Scientific name: - Asychis elongatus

Similar Species

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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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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, EPA'S EMAP Database
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16166687
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 629056

Footnotes

Curator for this page: Eriberto de Assis. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30