WoRMS taxon details
Endecamera palea Zottoli, 1982
327493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327493)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Zottoli, Robert A. 1982. Two new genera of deep-sea polychaete worms of the family Ampharetidae and the role of one species in deep-sea ecosystems. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95(1): 48-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34964314 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 71547, geounit British Virgin Islands...
, Note Holotype USNM 71547 from ‘‘wild’’...
Holotype USNM 71547, geounit British Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality Holotype USNM 71547 from ‘‘wild’’ wood about 6 feet long, St. Croix, British Virgin Islands, 17.9605 N -64.81 W, (17°57.63'’N, 64°48.6’W), in 3995 m [details]
Etymology Endecamera palea is named because of the presence of paleae on segment 3 (not unusual in Ampharetidae but Zottoli in the...
Etymology Endecamera palea is named because of the presence of paleae on segment 3 (not unusual in Ampharetidae but Zottoli in the same article used 'apalea' for a species lacking paleae). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Endecamera palea Zottoli, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327493 on 2026-06-02
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Zottoli, Robert A. 1982. Two new genera of deep-sea polychaete worms of the family Ampharetidae and the role of one species in deep-sea ecosystems. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95(1): 48-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34964314 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 71547, geounit British Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Endecamera palea is named because of the presence of paleae on segment 3 (not unusual in Ampharetidae but Zottoli in the same article used 'apalea' for a species lacking paleae). [details]Type locality Holotype USNM 71547 from ‘‘wild’’ wood about 6 feet long, St. Croix, British Virgin Islands, 17.9605 N -64.81 W, (17°57.63'’N, 64°48.6’W), in 3995 m [details]
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Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]
