Sonatsa

Sonatsa
Anatomy of S. meridionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Subclass: Scolecida
Family: Maldanidae
Genus: Sonatsa
Chamberlin, 1919
Species: S. meridionalis
Binomial name
Sonatsa meridionalis
Chamberlin, 1919

Sonatsa is a genus of marine, mud-dwelling polychaete worms containing the sole species Sonatsa meridionalis.[1] S. meridionalis was described in 1919 by Ralph Vary Chamberlin from a single specimen collected by the research ship USS Albatross during a 1904–05 survey of the southeast Pacific Ocean. The type specimen was collected between Peru and the Galapagos Islands, from muddy sediment at a depth of around 4 km. The name Sonatsa derives from the Goshute words soma, meaning "many", and natsani, meaning "hook", while the specific name meridionalis is Latin for "southern".[2]

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Sonatsa meridionalis Chamberlin, 1919. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2015) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331954 on 2016-01-06
  2. Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). "The Annelida Polychaeta". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 48: 415–418.
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