Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 2 meters (6 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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:
Capitellidae
()
- Grube, 1862
- Genus:
Mediomastus
()
- Hartman, 1944
- Specific name:
californiensis
- Sasakawa, 1963
- Scientific name: - Mediomastus californiensis Sasakawa, 1963
- Specific name:
californiensis
- Sasakawa, 1963
- Genus:
Mediomastus
(
- Family:
Capitellidae
(
- Order:
Scolecida
(
- Class:
Polychaeta
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Mediomastus
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Further Reading
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- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 138, p. 219, p. 263, p. 264, p. 320, p. 382, p. 393, p. 408, p. 418, p. 456, p. 63.
- FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 492, p. 493, p. 495.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 221, p. 446.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 14, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, EPA'S EMAP Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, REVIZEE Score Sul / Bentos
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, SINBIOTA - marine data
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 219881
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-67440
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623659
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 67440
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 504521
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 136.440 based on 602 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
