Ophryotrocha nauarchus

Ophryotrocha nauarchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Eunicida
Family:	Dorvilleidae
Genus:	Ophryotrocha
Species:	O. nauarchus
Binomial name
Ophryotrocha nauarchus Wiklund et al., 2012

Ophryotrocha nauarchus is a species of polychaete worm, first found on deep sea whale fall and wood fall habitats in the north-east Pacific, off the southern Californian coast. The species is sexually dimorphic, males having appendages on their first chaetiger. ^[1]

References

1. Wiklund, Helena; Altamira, Iris V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Smith, Craig R.; Baco, Amy R.; Dahlgren, Thomas G. (2012). "Systematics and biodiversity ofOphryotrocha(Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific". Systematics and Biodiversity. 10 (2): 243–259. Bibcode:2012SyBio..10..243W. doi:10.1080/14772000.2012.693970. ISSN   1477-2000. S2CID   84901818.

Further reading

• Ravara, Ascensão, et al. "First account on the diversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) from a mammal-fall in the deep-Atlantic Ocean with the description of three new species." Systematics and Biodiversity 13.6 (2015): 555–570.
• Wiklund, Helena. Evolution of annelid diversity at whale-falls and other marine ephemeral habitats. 2009.

External links

• "Ophryotrocha nauarchus". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• WORMS