WoRMS taxon details
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133 page(s): 183.; note: there is a possibility that this article was published on "Nov. 5, 1879" (see p. 177 and 193) as a 13th issue of the volume. [details]
basis of record
Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura. [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Original spelling as Thalassema "viridis" had been rightly corrected to T. viride by Stephen & Edmonds (1972) in accordance with mandatory gender agreement (ICZN Art. 31.2). [details]From other sources
Diet ciliary feeders subsisting on a variety of plankters and detritus [details]
Dimensions approx. 25 mm [details]
Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters. Has been recorded in the Gulf of Maine. [details]
Habitat coastal [details]
Habitat benthic, burrowing worms [details]
Reproduction separate sexes; fertilization internal, eggs shed in water [details]
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