Polychaeta taxon details
Amphisamytha vanuatuensis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2009 AphiaID: 711929
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917 |
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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]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | type locality: Papua New Guinea [details]
South West Pacific Ocean [details]
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| Specimen | |
Holotype: SMF SMF17798 [details]
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| Feedingtype | |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
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| Link | | To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
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| 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]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711929 |
Taxonomic
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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: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711929 on 2013-05-23 |
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