WoRMS taxon details
Dysponetus pygmaeus Levinsen, 1879
AphiaID: 129932
AphiaID: 129932
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Chrysopetalidae (Family) > Dysponetus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Levinsen, G. M. R. 1879. Om to nye Slaegter af arctiske chaetopode Annelider. Aftryk.af Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske.Forening i Kjobenhaven., 1879-80: 1-10. [details] 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: Pettibone, M.H. 1952 MS. Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 32 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [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] source of synonymy: Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 227(1): 1-356. [details] redescription: Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632, available online at http://hydro.bio.msu.ru/Personal/Jirkov.htm [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Beaufort Sea [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Cobscook Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] Pacific Ocean [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] USA [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: ZMC , locality Arctic Ocean [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Greenland to Maine [details] Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129932 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Dysponetus pygmaeus 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=129932 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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