Peinaleopolynoe orphanae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Polynoidae |
Genus: | Peinaleopolynoe |
Species: | P. orphanae
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Binomial name | |
Peinaleopolynoe orphanae Hatch & Rouse, in Hatch, Liew, Hourdez & Rouse, 2020
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Peinaleopolynoe orphanae (elvis worm) is a species of Polynoidae discovered by Hatch, Liew, Hourdez & Rouse, 2020. The specimen was discovered alongside several others of the same genus ( Peinaleopolynoe). [1] [2] [3] [4] It was named for geobiologist Victoria Orphan. [5] In 2021, the World Register of Marine Species named it as one of the ten remarkable new marine species of 2020. [6]
Peinaleopolynoe orphanae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Polynoidae |
Genus: | Peinaleopolynoe |
Species: | P. orphanae
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Binomial name | |
Peinaleopolynoe orphanae Hatch & Rouse, in Hatch, Liew, Hourdez & Rouse, 2020
|
Peinaleopolynoe orphanae (elvis worm) is a species of Polynoidae discovered by Hatch, Liew, Hourdez & Rouse, 2020. The specimen was discovered alongside several others of the same genus ( Peinaleopolynoe). [1] [2] [3] [4] It was named for geobiologist Victoria Orphan. [5] In 2021, the World Register of Marine Species named it as one of the ten remarkable new marine species of 2020. [6]