Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -266 meters (0 to -873 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
()
- Suborder:
Nereidiformia
()
- Family:
Syllidae
()
- Grube, 1850
- Subfamily:
Exogoninae
()
- Genus:
Sphaerosyllis
()
- Claparède, 1863
- Specific name:
piriferopsis
- Scientific name: - Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis
- Specific name:
piriferopsis
- Genus:
Sphaerosyllis
(
- Subfamily:
Exogoninae
(
- Family:
Syllidae
(
- Suborder:
Nereidiformia
(
- 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 Sphaerosyllis
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Further Reading
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- Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico / prepared by Joan M. Uebelacker and Paul G. Johnson, editors; prepared under MMS contract 14-12-001-29091 for Minerals Management Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Metairie, La.: The Service, Gulf of Mexico Regional Office, 1984. url p. 30, p. 31, p. 33, p. 4.
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 14, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, MarBEF Publication Series data
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 218407
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-65754
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13783642
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 65754
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 503334
Footnotes
- Mean = -27.790 meters (-91.175 feet), Standard Deviation = 33.330 based on 408 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
