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Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide, 1982 
AphiaID: 157488

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Hesionidae (Family) > Microphthalminae (Subfamily) > Microphthalmus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Microphthalmus Mecznikov, 1865
Sources  original description: Westheide, W (1982). Microphthalmus hamosus sp.n. (Polychaeta, Hesionidae)—an Example of Evolution Leading from the Interstitial Fauna to a Macrofaunal lnterspecific Relationship. Zoologica Scripta 11 (3), 189–193.  [details]

original description: Westheide, Wilfried 1982. Microphthalmus hamosus sp.n. (Polychaeta, Hesionidae) - an example of evolution leading from the interstitial fauna to a macrofaunal interspecific relationship. Zoologica Scripta, 11(3): 189-193. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Florida [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North Carolina [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico [details]

Type locality: Florida [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157488
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-23 07:30:30Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide, 1982. 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=157488 on 2013-06-19
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