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Eukrohniidae
Family of marine worms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eukrohniidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Phragmophora. It consists of a single genus, Eukrohnia von Ritter-Záhony, 1909.[2]
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History
The first species of Eukrohniidae, Eukrohnia hamata, was identified by Karl Möbius in 1875. The genus was named Eukrohnia by R. von Ritter-Záhony in 1909 after August David Krohn. The family was named Eukrohniidae by Takasi Tokioka in 1965.[1] One of the species, Eukrohnia fowleri, is bioluminescent.[3]
Species
- Eukrohnia bathyantarctica David, 1958[4]
- Eukrohnia bathypelagica Alvariño, 1962[5]
- Eukrohnia calliops McLelland, 1989[6]
- Eukrohnia flaccicoeca Casanova, 1986[7]
- Eukrohnia fowleri von Ritter-Záhony, 1909[2]
- Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875)[8]
- Eukrohnia kitoui Kuroda, 1981[9]
- Eukrohnia macroneura Casanova, 1986[7]
- Eukrohnia minuta Silas & Srinivasan, 1969[10]
- Eukrohnia proboscidea Furnestin & Ducret, 1965[11]
- Eukrohnia sinica Zhang & Chen, 1983
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References
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