Ophryotrocha batillus
Ophryotrocha batillus is a species of polychaete worm, first found on deep sea whale fall and wood fall habitats in the north-east Pacific, off the southern Californian coast. It is very similar to Ophryotrocha scutellus, yet differs from the latter genetically.[1]
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| Family: | Dorvilleidae |
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| Species: | O. batillus |
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| Ophryotrocha batillus Wiklund et al., 2012 | |
References
- Wiklund, Helena; Altamira, Iris V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Smith, Craig R.; Baco, Amy R.; Dahlgren, Thomas G. (2012). "Systematics and biodiversity ofOphryotrocha(Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific". Systematics and Biodiversity. 10 (2): 243–259. doi:10.1080/14772000.2012.693970. ISSN 1477-2000. S2CID 84901818.
Further reading
- Ravara, Ascensão, et al. "First account on the diversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) from a mammal-fall in the deep-Atlantic Ocean with the description of three new species." Systematics and Biodiversity 13.6 (2015): 555-570.
- Wiklund, Helena. Evolution of annelid diversity at whale-falls and other marine ephemeral habitats. 2009.
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