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Mesonerilla ecuadoriensis Schmidt & Westheide, 1977

Poliquetos, Polychaetes

shallow sublitoral areas

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Order
Ord. Polychaeta incertae sedis

Family
Nerillidae

Genus
Mesonerilla

Species
ecuadoriensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype (P-13665) in ZMUH

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Westheide, 1991)

References

  • Schmidt, P. Westheide, W. (1977) Intersitielle Fauna von Galapagos XVII. Polygordiidae, Saccocirridae, Protodrilidae, Nerillidae, Dinophilidae (Polychaeta). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 62: 1-38.
  • Westheide, W. (1991) The meiofauna of the Galápagos: a review. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 37-73.

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