WoRMS name details

Fauveliopsis arenicola Riser, 1987

328025  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328025)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Riser, N.W. (1987). A new interstitial polychaete (Family Fauveliopsidae) from the shallow subtidal of New Zealand with observations of related species. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 211-216.
page(s): 211-213, figs. 1-5, 7-9 [details]   
Holotype  USNM 97494, geounit North Island  
Holotype USNM 97494, geounit North Island [details]
Note Sponge Flats, off Goat Island, Leigh, North...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Sponge Flats, off Goat Island, Leigh, North Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (36º15'55''S, 174º47'34''W), 22 m, ''Amphioxus'' sand.  [details]
Type locality Holotype (USNM 97494) and paratype (USNM 97495) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.  [details]
Depth range 22 m. Shallow subtidal depths.  
Depth range 22 m. Shallow subtidal depths. [details]

Distribution South Pacific Ocean: North Island (New Zealand).   
Distribution South Pacific Ocean: North Island (New Zealand).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet arenicola (masculine: arenicolus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'living in the sand' or...  
Etymology The specific epithet arenicola (masculine: arenicolus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'living in the sand' or 'sand-dwelling', and refers to the habitat of the species, which lives in very coarse calcareous ''Amphioxus'' sand.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Fauveliopsis arenicola Riser, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328025 on 2024-03-19
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original description Riser, N.W. (1987). A new interstitial polychaete (Family Fauveliopsidae) from the shallow subtidal of New Zealand with observations of related species. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 211-216.
page(s): 211-213, figs. 1-5, 7-9 [details]   

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Petersen, M.E. (2000). A new genus of Fauveliopsidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) with a review of its species and redescription of some described taxa. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 67(1): 491-515., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/2000/00000067/00000001/art00041
page(s): 510-512 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 97494, geounit North Island [details]
Paratype USNM 97495, geounit North Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 22 m. Shallow subtidal depths. [details]

Distribution South Pacific Ocean: North Island (New Zealand).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet arenicola (masculine: arenicolus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'living in the sand' or 'sand-dwelling', and refers to the habitat of the species, which lives in very coarse calcareous ''Amphioxus'' sand.  [details]

Habitat Interstitial in very coarse calcareous ''Amphioxus'' sand, average particle size <0.5 mm, resting on a substrate of finaley pulverized calcareous and greywacke debris, at shallow subtidal depths.  [details]

Reproduction Single ovary on posterior wall of septum 5/6. Oocytes large, yolky, extend in column into chaetiger 12.  [details]

Type locality Sponge Flats, off Goat Island, Leigh, North Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (36º15'55''S, 174º47'34''W), 22 m, ''Amphioxus'' sand.  [details]

Type locality Holotype (USNM 97494) and paratype (USNM 97495) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.  [details]