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Praxillella Verrill, 1881 
AphiaID: 129360

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Maldanidae (Family) > Euclymeninae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Praxilla praetermissa Malmgren, 1865
Parent Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (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: 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]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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taxa

[show all]
 Species Praxillella abyssorum (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella affinis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872)
Species Praxillella assimilis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella bransfieldensis Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1989
Species Praxillella capensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella challengeriae (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella elongata (Webster, 1879)
Species Praxillella gracilis (M. Sars, 1861)
Species Praxillella kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella kergulensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella lophoseta (Orlandi, 1898)
Species Praxillella monroi Hartman, 1978
Species Praxillella praetermissa (Malmgren, 1865)
Species Praxillella tricirrata Moore, 1906
Species Praxillella trifila Hartman, 1960

Species Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911 accepted as Praxillella kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella insecta (Ehlers, 1905) accepted as Euclymene insecta (Ehlers, 1905)
Species Praxillella lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Praxillella quadrilobata (M. Sars, 1856) accepted as Praxillura quadrilobata (M. Sars, 1856)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129360
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2005-04-11 09:30:41Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-03-04 06:49:09Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Praxillella Verrill, 1881. 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=129360 on 2013-05-20
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