Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea > Order Aphragmophora > Family Sagittidae > Genus Parasagitta

Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parasagitta*	Tokioka, 1965	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sagitta elegans*	Verrill, 1873	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: sierlijke pijlworm sources: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium

English: elegant arrow worm

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Kapp, H. (2001). Chaetognatha, 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. 335
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Thuesen, Erik V. (2014). Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105440