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Name

Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 15: vi & 335 pp.

SourceID

49699

Authors

Ehlers, E.

Year

1887

Title

Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids

Journal

Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College

Suffix

15: vi & 335 pp

Type

Publication

Link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB

Geographical terms

Caribbean region
Gulf of Mexico

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic term

Polychaeta

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Syntype, geounit Gulf of Mexico, identified as Aphrodita obtecta Ehlers, 1887
Holotype MCZ ANNa-746, geounit Florida Strait, identified as Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887
Syntype MCZ unknown, geounit Florida Keys, identified as Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887

Depth range

for Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887

219.5-226.8 m. [details]

Diagnosis

for Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887

Original diagnosis by Ehlers (1887: 148): "Syllidarum genus pinnis labia conica et branchiam lamellosam gerentibus." [details]

Distribution

for Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887

Atlantic Ocean: Florida (Straits of Florida); Saint Vincent (Caribbean Sea). [details]

Distribution

for Pista cetrata (Ehlers, 1887)

West Atlantic Ocean: Florida Straits (Key West); Caribbean Sea (Aruba; Curaçao; Tobago). [details]

Etymology

for Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887

Not stated. The specific epithet oculata is a Latin adjective meaning 'having eyes', as refers presumably to the ... [details]

Etymology

for Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887

The specific epithet articulata is a Latin adjective meaning 'articulated' or 'jointed', and though not explicitly ... [details]

Habitat

for Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887

Type of sediment not stated; occurs in deep shelf depths. [details]

Holotype

for Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (MCZ ANNa-746). [details]

Taxonomy

for Paronuphis Ehlers, 1887

The type of Paronuphis is Paronuphis gracilis, originally Onuphis (Paronuphis) gracilis Ehlers, 1887, and it was ... [details]

Type locality

for Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887

Key West, Florida, USA, Straits of Florida, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 24.54°, -81.82°). [details]

Type locality

for Eumenia glabra Ehlers, 1887

Caribbean Sea, off Havana, Cuba, 175 fathoms (320 meters). [details]

Type locality

for Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887

Dry Tortugas, Channel between East and Middle Key, deptb 5 to 7 fathoms, Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Sea. [details]

Type locality

for Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887

Off Sand Key, Straits of Florida, Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 24.3992°, -81.7613°). [details]

Type locality

for Pectinaria (Petta) pellucida Ehlers, 1887

Santarem Channel (disused name?), north of Cuba, between Bahamas and Salt Key bank, station geolocation not known ... [details]