Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -13 meters (-44 feet).Standard Deviation = 65.550 based on 651 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Annelida
()
- Segmented Worms
- Class:
Polychaeta
()
- Polychaetes
- Order:
Canalipalpata
()
- Family:
Alucitoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Ampharetinae
()
- Genus:
Ampharete
()
- Malmgren, 1865
- Specific name:
baltica
- Tollet, 1956
- Scientific name: - Ampharete baltica Tollet, 1956
- Specific name:
baltica
- Tollet, 1956
- Genus:
Ampharete
(
- Subfamily:
Ampharetinae
(
- Family:
Alucitoidea
(
- Order:
Canalipalpata
(
- Class:
Polychaeta
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ampharete
There are approximately 23 species in this genus:
A. acutifrons · A. agulhasensis · A. americana · A. arctica · A. baltica · A. brevibranchiata · A. eupalea · A. falcata · A. finmarchica · A. fulcata · A. goesi · A. gracilis · A. grubei · A. johanseni · A. kerguelensis · A. labrops · A. lindstroemi · A. longipaleolata · A. parvidentata · A. petersenae · A. reducta · A. setosa · A. vega
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 23, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 23, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Benthic fauna in the Pechora Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Macrobel: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, N3 data of Kiel bay
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Invertebrates
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine benthic dataset
- commissioned by UKOOA
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data
- held by MarLIN.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 220169
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-67743
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13794928
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 67743
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 504734
