WoRMS taxon details

Ecamphicteis elongata Fauchald, 1972

183134  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183134)

accepted
Species
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): 294-295, plate 60 figs. a-d [details] 
Holotype  Not stated, geounit Baja California Sur  
Holotype Not stated, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
Note station 13775, 22.5667 N, -109.5958 W (22' 34...  
Type locality station 13775, 22.5667 N, -109.5958 W (22' 34 ' 00" N, 109' 35' 45 " W), 1450 fms, off Baja California Sur, western Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Ecamphicteis elongata Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183134 on 2026-05-29
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2005-10-10 16:37:26Z
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db_admin
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2017-08-14 15:32:34Z
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2026-04-18 08:49:03Z
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Nomenclature

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): 294-295, plate 60 figs. a-d [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Jirkov, Igor A. (2011). Discussion of taxonomic characters and classification of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 78(Supplement 1): 78-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.617216
page(s): 94; note: Ecamphicteis was excluded from the Ampharetidae key of Jirkov (2011) and he placed it as a genus of uncertain taxonomical status, reasons unstated. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype Not stated, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality station 13775, 22.5667 N, -109.5958 W (22' 34 ' 00" N, 109' 35' 45 " W), 1450 fms, off Baja California Sur, western Mexico [details]

Unreviewed
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles [details]
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