Deep-Sea taxon details
Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885
131520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131520)
accepted
Species
Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908) · unaccepted
Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Rio de la Plata
, Note Atlantic Ocean, off Argentina
type locality contained in Rio de la Plata [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off Argentina [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885. 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=131520 on 2025-07-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131520 on 2025-07-01
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original description
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908) Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 152-153, plate XX figs. 10-14 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801 [details]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907 [details]
additional source Levenstein, R. Ya. (1964). [Polychaetous annelids of the families Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from the Antarctic and Subantarctic]. <em>Biological Reprints of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Studies of Marine Fauna.</em> 2(10): 168-184. [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
page(s): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908) Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 152-153, plate XX figs. 10-14 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801 [details]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907 [details]
additional source Levenstein, R. Ya. (1964). [Polychaetous annelids of the families Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from the Antarctic and Subantarctic]. <em>Biological Reprints of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Studies of Marine Fauna.</em> 2(10): 168-184. [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off Argentina [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885; syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3535359)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista mirabilis (1) 47136)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista spinifera (1) 57830) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885; syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3535359)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista mirabilis (1) 47136)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista spinifera (1) 57830) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
