WoRMS taxon details

Amastigos caperatus Ewing & Dauer, 1981

157156  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157156)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ewing, R. Michael and Dauer, Daniel M. 1981. A new species of Amastigos (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast of the United States with notes on the Capitellidae of the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608014
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1 [details]   
Holotype  USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay  
Holotype USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
Note Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean (37.1167°, -75.9833°), at 6.7 m, in clean medium sand.  [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 61107) and paratypes (USNM 61108) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA).  [details]
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m.   
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m.  [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).   
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the...  
Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the notopodial hoods, particularly in the abdomen. [details]

Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian  
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amastigos caperatus Ewing & Dauer, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157156 on 2024-03-19
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2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Ewing, R. Michael and Dauer, Daniel M. 1981. A new species of Amastigos (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast of the United States with notes on the Capitellidae of the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608014
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1 [details]   

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
Nontype USNM 61109, geounit New York [details]
Paratype USNM 61108, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m.  [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the notopodial hoods, particularly in the abdomen. [details]

Habitat Subtidal clean fine to medium sands.  [details]

Type locality Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean (37.1167°, -75.9833°), at 6.7 m, in clean medium sand.  [details]

Type material Holotype (USNM 61107) and paratypes (USNM 61108) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA).  [details]

From other sources
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian [details]