Trophomera americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Benthimermithida
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: Benthimermithida

Familia: Benthimermithidae
Genus: Trophomera
Species: Trophomera americana

Name

• Trophomera americana Miljutin, 2011: 246

Holotype: USNM 1000098, adult ♀.

Type locality: “station No. 1036 (RV ‘‘Chain’’, cruise 58, 39°43.36' N, 70°37.24' W, depth 2,022 m, 04.05.1966)”, Hatteras Abyssal Plain, Western Atlantic.

References

Primary references

• Miljutin, D.M. 2011. Deep-sea parasitic nematodes of the genus Trophomera Rubtsov et Platonova, 1974 (Benthimermithidae) from the Equatorial Atlantic, with the descriptions of two new species. Helgoland Marine Research 65(2): 245–256. DOI: 10.1007/s10152-010-0225-0 Reference page. 

Links

• Trophomera americana in the World Register of Marine Species