WoRMS taxon details
Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879
AphiaID: 129236
AphiaID: 129236
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Chrysopetalidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Dysponetus pygmaeus Levinsen, 1879 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Dahlgren, T.G. 1996. Two new species of Dysponetus (Polychaeta: Chrysopetalidae) from Italy and Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(3): 575-585., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645182 [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Dysponetus bidentatus Day, 1954 Species Dysponetus bipapillatus Dahlgren, 1996 Species Dysponetus bulbosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1982 Species Dysponetus caecus (Langerhans, 1880) Species Dysponetus gracilis Hartman, 1965 Species Dysponetus hebes (Webster & Benedict, 1887) Species Dysponetus hesionides Böggeman, 2009 Species Dysponetus joeli Olivier, Lana, Oliveira & Worsfold, 2012 Species Dysponetus macroculatus Dahlgren, 1996 Species Dysponetus palaeophorus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 Species Dysponetus paleophorus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 Species Dysponetus profundus Böggemann, 2009 Species Dysponetus pygmaeus Levinsen, 1879 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Dysponetus species are small fragile and easily overlooked in normal handling of samples. They are characterized by circular notosetae, mouth appendage, single pygidial projection, and accessory simple neurosetae. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129236 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129236 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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