Chaetopterus pergamentaceus

Chaetopterus pergamentaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Family: Chaetopteridae
Genus: Chaetopterus
Species:
C. pergamentaceus
Binomial name
Chaetopterus pergamentaceus
Cuvier, 1830
Synonyms
  • C. insignis Baird, 1864
  • C. valencinii Quatrefages, 1866

Chaetopterus pergamentaceus is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.[1]

Taxonomy

Chaetopterus pergamentaceus was formerly synonymized with Chaetopterus variopedatus, but Moore et al. (2017) and Moore (2019) revalidated this species based on morphological and phylogenetic analysis.[2][3]

Distribution and biology

Chaetopterus pergamentaceus occurs in the intertidal and littoral zone in the North Atlantic.[3]

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chaetopterus pergamentaceus Cuvier, 1830".
  2. ^ Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.
  3. ^ a b "UF Digital Collections".
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