WoRMS taxon details
Amphisamytha vanuatuensis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2009
AphiaID: 711929
AphiaID: 711929
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Ampharetidae (Family) > Ampharetinae (Subfamily) > Amphisamytha (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917 | |||||||
| Source |
original description: Reuscher, M.; Fiege, D.; Wehe, T. 2009. Four new species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Pacific hot vents and cold seeps, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all genera. Zootaxa 2191: 1-40, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02191.html page(s): 24 [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Papua New Guinea [details] South West Pacific Ocean [details] | |||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: SMF SMF17798 [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtype | deposit feeder: surface [details] | |||||||
| Link | To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins) | |||||||
| Notes |
Etymology: The species is named after the island nation Vanuatu, located near the Fiji Basin. [details] Habitat: The species occurs in high abundance at the hydrothermal vents of the Lihir Basin and the Fiji Basin. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711929 | |||||||
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| Citation: Reuscher, M. (2013). Amphisamytha vanuatuensis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2009. 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=711929 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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