Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 852 meters (0 to 2,795 feet).[1]
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:
Phyllodocida
()
- Family:
Nephtyidae
()
- Grube, 1850
- Genus:
Nephtys
()
- Cuvier, 1817
- Specific name:
cornuta
- Hendel, 1934
- Scientific name: - Nephtys cornuta Hendel, 1934
- Specific name:
cornuta
- Hendel, 1934
- Genus:
Nephtys
(
- Family:
Nephtyidae
(
- Order:
Phyllodocida
(
- 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 Nephtys
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Further Reading
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- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 106, p. 19, p. 214, p. 216, p. 364, p. 383, p. 392, p. 404, p. 90.
- Environmental assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf: Annual reports of principal investigators. [Boulder, Colo.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, url p. 412, p. 499.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 447.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 7.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
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, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 218639
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-66016
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14384372
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 66015
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 503516
Footnotes
- Mean = 157.530 meters (516.831 feet), Standard Deviation = 167.110 based on 317 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
