Sonatsa
| Sonatsa | |
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| 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). "The Annelida Polychaeta". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 48: 415–418.
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