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Salvatoria mediodentata (Westheide, 1974)

Poliquetos, Polychaetes

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Order
Phyllodocida

Suborder
Nereidiformia

Family
Syllidae

Genus
Salvatoria

Species
mediodentata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Brania mediodentata Westheide, 1974, Grubeosyllis mediodentata (Westheide, 1974) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (G. mediodentata) Galapagos Islands, Baja California, Quintana Roo, Belize, Seychelles (Böggemann & Westheide, 2004)

References

  • Böggemann, M. Westheide, W. (2004) Interstitial Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Mahé (Seychelles). Journal of Natural History, 38:4, 403-446, DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000033229
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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