WoRMS taxon details
Aricidea crassicapitis Fauchald, 1972
326608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326608)
accepted
Species
Allia crassicapitis (Fauchald, 1972) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 177-179, plate 37 figs. f-g [details]
page(s): 177-179, plate 37 figs. f-g [details]
Holotype LACM, geounit Isla Cedros
, Note Off Cedros Island, 29 mi. from Natividad...
Holotype LACM, geounit Isla Cedros [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Cedros Island, 29 mi. from Natividad Island light, Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean (from 27º24'00''N, 115º12'15''W to 27º23'17''N, 115º13'45''W), 1312-1355 fathoms (= 2400-2478 m), green mud with foraminiferans. [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
Depth range 1189-2900 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico, from Cedros Island and from Baja California, along the mainland coast to Acapulco; off...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet crassicapitis is composed by the Latin adjective crassi, form of crassus and meaning...
Depth range 1189-2900 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico, from Cedros Island and from Baja California, along the mainland coast to Acapulco; off...
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico, from Cedros Island and from Baja California, along the mainland coast to Acapulco; off Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet crassicapitis is composed by the Latin adjective crassi, form of crassus and meaning...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet crassicapitis is composed by the Latin adjective crassi, form of crassus and meaning 'dense', 'thick' or 'solid', and capitis the genitive singular of the Latin noun caput, meaning 'head', and presumably refers to the prostomium of the species, described as being a ''broad, flattened anterior end'' (Fauchald, 1972: 179). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aricidea crassicapitis Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326608 on 2024-10-31
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original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 177-179, plate 37 figs. f-g [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
new combination reference Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 8; note: as Allia crassicapitis [details]
page(s): 177-179, plate 37 figs. f-g [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
new combination reference Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 8; note: as Allia crassicapitis [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM, geounit Isla Cedros [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1189-2900 m. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico, from Cedros Island and from Baja California, along the mainland coast to Acapulco; off Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet crassicapitis is composed by the Latin adjective crassi, form of crassus and meaning 'dense', 'thick' or 'solid', and capitis the genitive singular of the Latin noun caput, meaning 'head', and presumably refers to the prostomium of the species, described as being a ''broad, flattened anterior end'' (Fauchald, 1972: 179). [details]
Habitat Muddy sediments at bathyal and abyssal depths. [details]
Type locality Off Cedros Island, 29 mi. from Natividad Island light, Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean (from 27º24'00''N, 115º12'15''W to 27º23'17''N, 115º13'45''W), 1312-1355 fathoms (= 2400-2478 m), green mud with foraminiferans. [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
