Deep-Sea name details
Langerhansia anoculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
328614 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328614)
unaccepted (objective synonym, replaced secondary homonym if in Typosyllis)
Species
Langerhansia Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 54-55, plate 8 figs. f-i [details]
page(s): 54-55, plate 8 figs. f-i [details]
Holotype AHF Poly 888, geounit North West Atlantic
, Note Atlantic Ocean, northwestern section, deep...
Holotype AHF Poly 888, geounit North West Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, northwestern section, deep slope off New England, Atlantic coast of the USA (39º43.6'N, 70º37.4'W). [details]
Depth range Continental shelf and shallow to deep slope depths, 97-2900 m.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: continental slope off New England (USA); continental shelves of Guiana and Brazil (off Pernambuco).
Etymology The specific epithet anoculata refers to the absence of eyes in the species.
Homonymy With the move of the species to the genus Typosyllis performed by Licher (1999) the species became a secondary homonym of...
Depth range Continental shelf and shallow to deep slope depths, 97-2900 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: continental slope off New England (USA); continental shelves of Guiana and Brazil (off Pernambuco).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: continental slope off New England (USA); continental shelves of Guiana and Brazil (off Pernambuco). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet anoculata refers to the absence of eyes in the species.
Etymology The specific epithet anoculata refers to the absence of eyes in the species. [details]
Homonymy With the move of the species to the genus Typosyllis performed by Licher (1999) the species became a secondary homonym of...
Homonymy With the move of the species to the genus Typosyllis performed by Licher (1999) the species became a secondary homonym of Typosyllis anoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962. For this reason Licher (1999) created the new name Typosyllis parateinopterona to designate the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Langerhansia anoculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328614 on 2025-05-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Langerhansia anoculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328614 on 2025-05-01
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Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 54-55, plate 8 figs. f-i [details]
page(s): 54-55, plate 8 figs. f-i [details]




Holotype AHF Poly 888, geounit North West Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Continental shelf and shallow to deep slope depths, 97-2900 m. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: continental slope off New England (USA); continental shelves of Guiana and Brazil (off Pernambuco). [details]
Editor's comment edited to extend the unaccept reason text [GBR Jun 2015] [details]
Etymology The specific epithet anoculata refers to the absence of eyes in the species. [details]
Habitat Continental shelf and slope. Further information lacking. [details]
Homonymy With the move of the species to the genus Typosyllis performed by Licher (1999) the species became a secondary homonym of Typosyllis anoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962. For this reason Licher (1999) created the new name Typosyllis parateinopterona to designate the species. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, northwestern section, deep slope off New England, Atlantic coast of the USA (39º43.6'N, 70º37.4'W). [details]