WoRMS taxon details
Mahesia
AphiaID: 325889
AphiaID: 325889
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Hesionidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Mahesia ammophila Westheide, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Hesionidae Grube, 1850 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Westheide, W. 2000. Mahesia ammophila, a new genus and species of interstitial hesionid (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113(3): 644-651. [details] basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Mahesia ammophila Westheide, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325889 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Mahesia. 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=325889 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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