dorvilleid

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noun

Any member of the family Dorvilleidae of polychaete worms.

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Meanings

noundorvilleid (plural dorvilleids)

plural dorvilleids

  1. biologyAny member of the family Dorvilleidae of polychaete worms.

    Seep sediments had higher densities of ampharetid, dorvilleid, hesionid, cirratulid and lacydoniid polychaetes, whereas carbonates had more gastropods, as well as syllid, chrysopetalid and polynoid polychaetes.

    2015 July 10, “Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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