WoRMS name details
Baffinia multisetosa Wesenberg-Lund, 1950
327083 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327083)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. <em>Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847382
page(s): 53-54, chart 59, plate X fig. 46 [details]
page(s): 53-54, chart 59, plate X fig. 46 [details]
Holotype ZMC POL-000014, geounit Baffin Bay
, Type locality contained in Greenlandic part of Baffin Bay , Note Uummannaq Fjord, southern part of Baffin Bay,...
Holotype ZMC POL-000014, geounit Baffin Bay [details]
type locality contained in Greenlandic part of Baffin Bay [details]
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Type locality Uummannaq Fjord, southern part of Baffin Bay, west of Greenland, Arctic Ocean (70.8167°, -53.2667°). [details]
Depth range 489 m.
Distribution Arctic Ocean: southern part of Baffin Bay (Uummannaq Fjord).
Etymology Not stated by Wesenberg-Lund. The specific epithet multisetosa is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having many (or multiple)...
Depth range 489 m. [details]
Distribution Arctic Ocean: southern part of Baffin Bay (Uummannaq Fjord).
Distribution Arctic Ocean: southern part of Baffin Bay (Uummannaq Fjord). [details]
Etymology Not stated by Wesenberg-Lund. The specific epithet multisetosa is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having many (or multiple)...
Etymology Not stated by Wesenberg-Lund. The specific epithet multisetosa is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having many (or multiple) bristles (or chaetae), and may refer to the presence of capillary chaetae to the end of the body in the type species, which is typical of the genus: "It differs, however, from these [genera of Amphitritinae without gills] - as from all other Amphitritinae - in having capillary setae in all segments" (Wesenberg-Lund, 1950: 54). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Baffinia multisetosa Wesenberg-Lund, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327083 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. <em>Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847382
page(s): 53-54, chart 59, plate X fig. 46 [details]
source of synonymy Fournier, Judith A.; Barrie, John. (1984). <i>Baffinia hesslei</i> (Annenkova), n. comb. (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from eastern Canada. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 62(7): 1397-1401., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z84-200
page(s): 1397-1400, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 53-54, chart 59, plate X fig. 46 [details]
source of synonymy Fournier, Judith A.; Barrie, John. (1984). <i>Baffinia hesslei</i> (Annenkova), n. comb. (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from eastern Canada. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 62(7): 1397-1401., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z84-200
page(s): 1397-1400, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMC POL-000014, geounit Baffin Bay [details]
Paratype ZMC POL-000015, geounit Baffin Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 489 m. [details]Distribution Arctic Ocean: southern part of Baffin Bay (Uummannaq Fjord). [details]
Etymology Not stated by Wesenberg-Lund. The specific epithet multisetosa is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having many (or multiple) bristles (or chaetae), and may refer to the presence of capillary chaetae to the end of the body in the type species, which is typical of the genus: "It differs, however, from these [genera of Amphitritinae without gills] - as from all other Amphitritinae - in having capillary setae in all segments" (Wesenberg-Lund, 1950: 54). [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Uummannaq Fjord, southern part of Baffin Bay, west of Greenland, Arctic Ocean (70.8167°, -53.2667°). [details]
