''Skenea profunda'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...
.
A marine nematode ''Endeolophos skeneae'' (family
Chromadoridae
Chromadoridae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Desmodorida.
Genera
Genera:
* ''Acantholaimus'' Allgén, 1933
* ''Actinonema'' Cobb, 1920
* ''Algoanema'' Heyns & Furstenberg, 1987
* ''Atrochromadora'' Wieser, 1959
* ''Chromadora'' B ...
) is epibiotically associated with ''Skenea profunda''
[Endeolophos skeneae sp nov (Chromadoridae)-a free-living marine nematode epibiotically associated with deep-sea gastropod Skenea profunda (Skeneidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2011;91(2 Sp. Iss.):387–394.]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in northern European waters off
Spitzbergen
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.
References
External links
Friele H., 1879: ''Catalog der auf der norwegischen Nordmeer-Expedition bei Spitzbergen gefundenen Mollusken''; Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 6: 264–286 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
profunda
Gastropods described in 1879
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