Chirimia similis

Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1 meters (0 to -3 feet).Mean = 26.000 meters (85.302 feet), Standard Deviation = 89.550 based on 11 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 ()
        Genus: Chirimia ()
        Specific name: similis - (Moore, 1906)
        Scientific name: - Chirimia similis

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Chirimia

There are approximately 2 species in this genus:

C. biceps · C. similis

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Notes

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Contributors

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 14, 2007:

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6492243
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16569686
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2198513

Footnotes

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