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Eunice oerstedii Stimpson, 1853 
AphiaID: 130059

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Eunicida (Order) > Eunicidae (Family) > Eunice (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Eunice Cuvier, 1817
Sources  original description: Stimpson, W., 1854. Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick.— Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 6: 1-66, Plates 1-3. [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: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130059
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Eunice oerstedii Stimpson, 1853. 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=130059 on 2013-05-23
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