dorvilleid

English

Noun

dorvilleid (plural dorvilleids)

1. (zoology) Any member of the family Dorvilleidae of polychaete worms.
   • 2015 July 10, “Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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.