Biology:Aphelochaeta zebra

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Short description: Species of annelid worm

Aphelochaeta zebra
Aphelochaeta zebra (10.11646-zootaxa.4103.2.1) Figure 3 (cropped-F).png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Cirratulidae
Genus: Aphelochaeta
Species:
A. zebra
Binomial name
Aphelochaeta zebra
Dean & Blake, 2016

Aphelochaeta zebra is a species of bitentaculate cirratulidan first found in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, at a coral reef in Golfo Dulce. It is characterised by possessing an expanded posterior end and by its darkly-staining intersegmental regions (via methyl green staining).[1]

References

  1. Dean, Harlan K., and James A. Blake. "Aphelochaeta (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with a description of five new species." Zootaxa 4103.2 (2016): 101-116.

Wikidata ☰ Q28431559 entry