Mesonerilla prospera

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Mesonerilla prospera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Haplodrili
Family: Nerillidae
Genus: Mesonerilla
Species:
M. prospera
Binomial name
Mesonerilla prospera
Sterrer & Iliffe, 1982

Mesonerilla prospera is a species of invertebrate in the Nerillidae family endemic to Bermuda. [2] In 2000, M. prospera was put on the IUCN Red List under the critically endangered category. The IUCN states that "there are problems with the Order name and the correct placement of the family." [2]

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References

  1. Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Mesonerilla prospera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T13238A3424217. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13238A3424217.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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