''Ophryotrocha flabella'' is a species of
polychaete worm, first found on deep sea
whale fall and wood fall habitats in the north-east
Pacific, off the southern Californian coast. It is similar to ''
Ophryotrocha globopalpata'', possessing some morphological differences, although
genetic divergence Genetic divergence is the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time, often leading to reproductive isolation and continued mutation even after the populations hav ...
is low between them.
References
Further reading
*Ravara, Ascensão, et al. "First account on the diversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) from a mammal-fall in the deep-Atlantic Ocean with the description of three new species." Systematics and Biodiversity 13.6 (2015): 555-570.
*Wiklund, Helena. Evolution of annelid diversity at whale-falls and other marine ephemeral habitats. 2009.
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WORMS
Polychaetes
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