Clymenella cincta

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 7 meters (23 feet).Standard Deviation = 42.040 based on 9 observations. Terrestrial altitude and 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: Euclymeninae ()
        Genus: Clymenella () - Verrill, 1873
        Specific name: cincta - (Saint-Joseph, 1894)
        Scientific name: - Clymenella cincta (Saint-Joseph, 1894)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Clymenella

There are approximately 14 species in this genus:

C. brasiliensis · C. cincta · C. complanata · C. dalesi · C. johnstoni · C. leiopygos · C. longipes · C. mucosa · C. rubrocincta · C. tentaculata · C. torquata · C. torquata calida · C. torquata torquata · C. zonalis

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Contributors

Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data
held by MarLIN.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2550046
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-204568
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14369629
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 204568
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 413513

Footnotes

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