Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -5 meters (-15 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Annelida
()
- Lamarck, 1809
- Segmented Worms
- Class:
Polychaeta
()
- Grube, 1850
- Polychaetes
- Order:
Phyllodocida
()
- Suborder:
Phyllodociformia
()
- Family:
Phyllodocidae
()
- Ørsted, 1843
- Genus:
Anaitides
()
- Specific name:
maculata
- Meyrick 1929
- Scientific name: - Anaitides maculata Meyrick 1929
- Specific name:
maculata
- Meyrick 1929
- Genus:
Anaitides
(
- Family:
Phyllodocidae
(
- Suborder:
Phyllodociformia
(
- Order:
Phyllodocida
(
- Class:
Polychaeta
(
- Phylum:
Annelida
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Phyllodoce Maculata
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Anaitides
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Further Reading
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- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 12.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 137.
- Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. Stockholm [etc.]Almqvist & Wiksells. url p. 145, p. 146.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 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, Biogeography Scheldt Estuary
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, EPA'S EMAP Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical hyperbenthos data
- from the North Sea and some adjacent areas
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
- 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
- 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: 217942
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-65240
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2400718
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 65240
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 502961
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 338.340 based on 899 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
