WoRMS taxon details

Opisthosyllis ankylochaeta Fauvel, 1921

209747  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209747)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauvel, Pierre. (1921). Annélides polychètes de Madagascar, du Muséum R. d'Histoire Naturelle recueillies par M. le Dr. W. Kaudern en 1912. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 13(24): 1-32, plate I., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6397354
page(s): 5-6, fig. 1 [details]   
Holotype  NRS, geounit Madagascar  
Holotype NRS, geounit Madagascar [details]
Note West Indian Ocean, east coast of Madagascar,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality West Indian Ocean, east coast of Madagascar, Toamasina (= Tamatave) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -18.163º, long. 49.43º), in coral reefs.  [details]
Depth range Probably intertidal to shallow water.   
Depth range Probably intertidal to shallow water.  [details]

Distribution West Indian Ocean: Madagascar (Toamasina).   
Distribution West Indian Ocean: Madagascar (Toamasina).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet ankylochaeta is composed by the Greek words ankylo, meaning 'stiff', 'unmovable', or 'adhesion', and...  
Etymology The specific epithet ankylochaeta is composed by the Greek words ankylo, meaning 'stiff', 'unmovable', or 'adhesion', and by extension 'bent', 'hooked' or 'curved', and chaeta, meaning 'spine' or 'bristle', and refers to the curved hooked simple chaetae present in the middle region of the body of the worm, resulting from the fusion of the blades with the shaft of the composed chaetae: "Dans la région moyenne du corps, il s'y joint 2 grosses soies simples en croc recourbé" (Fauvel, 1921: 5).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Opisthosyllis ankylochaeta Fauvel, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209747 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
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1997-08-26 11:57:53Z
created
2006-07-13 10:07:35Z
changed
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Fauvel, Pierre. (1921). Annélides polychètes de Madagascar, du Muséum R. d'Histoire Naturelle recueillies par M. le Dr. W. Kaudern en 1912. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 13(24): 1-32, plate I., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6397354
page(s): 5-6, fig. 1 [details]   

basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 252, fig. 12.5.a-b [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NRS, geounit Madagascar [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Probably intertidal to shallow water.  [details]

Distribution West Indian Ocean: Madagascar (Toamasina).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet ankylochaeta is composed by the Greek words ankylo, meaning 'stiff', 'unmovable', or 'adhesion', and by extension 'bent', 'hooked' or 'curved', and chaeta, meaning 'spine' or 'bristle', and refers to the curved hooked simple chaetae present in the middle region of the body of the worm, resulting from the fusion of the blades with the shaft of the composed chaetae: "Dans la région moyenne du corps, il s'y joint 2 grosses soies simples en croc recourbé" (Fauvel, 1921: 5).  [details]

Habitat In coral reefs.  [details]

Type locality West Indian Ocean, east coast of Madagascar, Toamasina (= Tamatave) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -18.163º, long. 49.43º), in coral reefs.  [details]