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Ammochares aedificator Andrews, 1891 
AphiaID: 337457

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Oweniidae (Family) > Ammochares (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844
Rank Species
Parent Ammochares
Sources  original description: Andrews, E. A. 1891. Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 14(852): 277-302. [details]

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

source of synonymy: McIntosh, W.C. 1915. A monograph of the British Annelids. Volume III. Part I. Text. Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. 1-368. Ray Society. London. [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
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Notes  Specimen: Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Taxonomy: Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337457
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Ammochares aedificator. 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=337457 on 2013-06-19
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