Tomopteris Eschscholtz, 1825 
AphiaID: 129715

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Phyllodocida incertae sedis > Tomopteridae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Tomopteridae Johnston, 1865
Sources		basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subgenus Tomopteris (Johnstonella) (Gosse, 1853)    » Species Tomopteris (Johnstonella) helgolandica (Greeff, 1879)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129715
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Tomopteris Eschscholtz, 1825. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129715 on 2013-05-22
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