WoRMS taxon details
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SIO BIC A1282, geounit California [details]
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Etymology Named ‘bombiviridis' for the common name used for the group, green bombers. Bombus is the Latin root meaning humming or buzzing from which the English word bomb is derived and viridis is Latin for green [details]From other sources
Diagnosis Swima with transparent gut. Possessing a thick, transparent gelatinous sheath penetrated throughout by narrow clavate papillae, simple noto- and neurochaetae, and three achaetous anterior segments supporting ellipsoid, bioluminescent, derived branchiae that are less than 1.5 mm in length. [details]
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