Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -584 meters (0 to -1,916 feet).Mean = -44.030 meters (-144.455 feet), Standard Deviation = 77.410 based on 95 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:
trifilosus
- Augener
- Scientific name: - Asychis trifilosus Augener
- Specific name:
trifilosus
- Augener
- Genus:
Asychis
(
- Subfamily:
Maldaninae
(
- Family:
Maldanidae
(
- Order:
Scolecida
(
- Class:
Polychaeta
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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 March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western P acific OBIS)
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13761341
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2284518
Footnotes
Curator for this page: Eriberto de Assis. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30
