Trophomera pacifica

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 pacifica

Name

• Trophomera pacifica Miljutin & Miljutina, 2009: 183

Holotype: MNHN-BN496, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Polymetallic nodule area, 14°02.52’N, 130°07.98’W, 4950 m depth, 07.06.2004, multicorer #18, corer #2”, Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Eastern Tropic Pacific.

References

Primary references

• Miljutin, D.M. & Miljutina, M.A. 2009. Description of Bathynema nodinauti gen. n., sp. n. and four new Trophomera species (Nematoda: Benthimermithidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (Eastern Tropic Pacific), supplemented with the keys to genera and species. Zootaxa 2096: 173–196. Abstract & excerpt. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Trophomera pacifica in the World Register of Marine Species