Rhaptothyreus typicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhaptothyreida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Ordo: Rhaptothyreida

Familia: Rhaptothyreidae
Genus: Rhaptothyreus
Species: Rhaptothyreus typicus

Name

• Rhaptothyreus typicus Hope & Murphy, 1969: 82

Holotype: USNM 39215.

Type locality: “East of the New Jersey Coast (39º46.5' N; 70º43.3' W) at depths of 1,330 to 1,470 meters.”

References

Primary references

• Hope, W.D. & Murphy, D.C. 1969. Rhaptothyreus typicus n. g., n. sp., an abyssal marine nematode representing a new family of uncertain taxonomic position. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 82: 81–92. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Miljutin, D.M., Tchesunov, A.V. & Hope, D.W. 2006. Rhaptothyreus typicus Hope & Murphy, 1969 (Nematoda: Rhaptothyreidae): an anatomical study of an unusual deep-sea nematode. Nematology 8(1): 1-20. DOI: 10.1163/156854106776179971

Links

• Rhaptothyreus typicus in the World Register of Marine Species