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 -30 meters (-100 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:
Maldanidae
()
- Malmgren, 1867
- Subfamily:
Euclymeninae
()
- Genus:
Praxillella
()
- Verrill, 1881
- Specific name:
praetermissa
- Scientific name: - Praxillella praetermissa
- Specific name:
praetermissa
- Genus:
Praxillella
(
- Subfamily:
Euclymeninae
(
- Family:
Maldanidae
(
- 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
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Further Reading
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- A monograph of the British marine annelids. 3 1915 London, The Ray society, 1873/1900-1922/23. url p. 330.
- A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa / By J.H. Day, &c. London: BM(NH), 1967. url p. 642, p. 847.
- An ecological characterization of Coastal Maine (north and east of Cape Elizabeth) / Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia S. Schettig: principal investigators. Newton Corner, Mass.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 1980. url .
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 247.
- Contributions to Canadian biology. Toronto, Biological Board of Canada. url p. 287.
- Environmental benchmark studies in Casco Bay, Portland Harbor, Maine, April 1980 / Peter F. Larsen, Anne C. Johnson, and Lee F. Doggett. Woods Hole, Mass.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center; 1983. url p. 121, p. 125, p. 57.
- Keys to marine invertebrates of the Woods Hole region: a manual for the identification of the more common marine invertebrates / compiled by Ralph I. Smith with the assistance of many other contributors. Woods Hole, Mass.: Systematics-Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, 1964. url p. 69.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 147, p. 300, p. 303, p. 534, p. 540, p. 569, p. 705.
- The Danish Ingolf-expedition. CopenhagenH. Hagerup1899-1953 url p. 44, p. 71.
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 November 18, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Benthic fauna in the Pechora Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Grand Manan Basin Benthos
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Invertebrates
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine benthic dataset
- commissioned by UKOOA
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data
- held by MarLIN.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 220007
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-67570
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4494338
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 67570
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 504610
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 68.220 based on 131 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Curator for this page: Eriberto de Assis. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
