WoRMS taxon details
Meioglossus psammophilus Worsaae, Sterrer, Kaul-Strehlow, Hay-Schmidt & Giribet, 2012
AphiaID: 710133
AphiaID: 710133
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Hemichordata (Phylum) > Enteropneusta (Class) > [unassigned] Enteropneusta (Order) > Harrimaniidae (Family) > Meioglossus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Meioglossus Worsaae, Sterrer, Kaul-Strehlow, Hay-Schmidt & Giribet, 2012 | |||||||
| Source |
original description: Worsaae et al. (2012) An Anatomical Description of a Miniaturized Acorn
Worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) with Asexual
Reproduction by Paratomy. PLoS ONE 7(11):e48529., available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0048529 [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Bermuda [details] Western Caribbean [details] | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To SNM Invertebrate Collections | |||||||
| Notes |
Etymology: From the Greek, psammon- ("sand") and philos ("friend"), referring to the interstitial life habit of the adults. [details] Reproduction: Sexual reproduction is likely, with sperm in paired testes or free in metacoel. Asexual reproduction by transverse fission, in the form of paratomy, had not been previously described in any other enteropneust species. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710133 | |||||||
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| Citation: Konikoff, C. (2013). Meioglossus psammophilus Worsaae, Sterrer, Kaul-Strehlow, Hay-Schmidt & Giribet, 2012. In: Shenkar, N; Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2013) Hemichordata World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710133 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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