''Aphelochaeta zebra'' is a species of bitentaculate cirratulidan first found in the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

coast of Costa Rica, at a coral reef in Golfo Dulce. It is characterised by possessing an expanded posterior end and by its darkly-staining intersegmental regions (via

methyl green Methyl green (CI 42585) is a cationic or positive charged stain, related to Ethyl Green, that has been used for staining DNA since the 19th century. It has been used for staining cell nuclei either as a part of the classical Unna-Pappenheim sta ...

staining).Dean, Harlan K., and James A. Blake. "Aphelochaeta (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with a description of five new species." Zootaxa 4103.2 (2016): 101-116.

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