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 -46 meters (-151 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
- Order:
Scolecida
()
- Family:
Orbiniidae
()
- Hartman, 1942
- Subfamily:
Orbiniinae
()
- Genus:
Scoloplos
()
- de Blainville, 1828
- Specific name:
rubra
- (Webster)
- Scientific name: - Scoloplos rubra (Webster)
- Specific name:
rubra
- (Webster)
- Genus:
Scoloplos
(
- Subfamily:
Orbiniinae
(
- Family:
Orbiniidae
(
- Order:
Scolecida
(
- 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 Scoloplos
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Further Reading
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- Benthic community response to dredging borrow pits, Panama City Beach, Florida / by Carl H. Saloman, Steven P. Naughton, and John L. Taylor; prepared for U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center. Fort Belvoir, Va.: National Technical Information Service, [distributor, 1982] url p. 47, p. 76.
- Long-term effects of beach nourishment on the benthic fauna of Panama City Beach, Florida / by J.K. Culter and S. Mahadevan; prepared for U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center. Fort Belvoir, Va.: Coastal Engineering Research Center; 1982] url p. 67.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: EPA'S EMAP Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: National Comprehensive Oceanographic Survey 1958-1960 (OBIS China)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Galathea II, Danish Deep Sea Expedition 1950-52.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6198139
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-66603
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13772411
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 66603
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 503950
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 143.520 based on 403 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
