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Alentia Malmgren, 1866 
AphiaID: 129476

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Polynoidae (Family) > Lepidonotinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Polynoe gelatinosa Sars, 1835
Parent Lepidonotinae Willey, 1902
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: 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 Alentia australis (Monro, 1936)
Species Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835)

Species Alentia annamita (Fauvel, 1934) accepted as Paralentia annamita (Fauvel, 1934)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129476
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-08-12 14:17:32Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-01-22 09:31:04Z  changed  Barnich, Ruth
2007-02-01 10:44:13Z  changed  Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Alentia Malmgren, 1866. 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=129476 on 2013-05-19
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