WoRMS name details
Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica Pettibone, 1991
328165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328165)
uncertain > nomen dubium (indeterminable juvenile)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pettibone, M.H. (1991). Polynoids commensal with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, with a new genus, new combinations and new species (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104(4): 688-713., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34809390 [details]
Holotype USNM 80092, geounit Bermuda
, Note Offshore of Bermuda, 31.65° -63.8667°, pelagic
Holotype USNM 80092, geounit Bermuda [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Offshore of Bermuda, 31.65° -63.8667°, pelagic [details]
Status Pettibone (1991) suggested that "there is a possibility that G. pelagica is a pelagic juvenile stage." This seems self...
Status Pettibone (1991) suggested that "there is a possibility that G. pelagica is a pelagic juvenile stage." This seems self evident (it is 5 mm long). As noted by Pettibone and by Britayev et al. (2014) it does not conform to the genus. Thus it is indeterminable at present. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica Pettibone, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328165 on 2024-05-26
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original description
Pettibone, M.H. (1991). Polynoids commensal with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, with a new genus, new combinations and new species (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104(4): 688-713., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34809390 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
status source Britayev, Temir A.; Gil, João; Altuna, Álvaro; Calvo, Marta; Martín, Daniel. (2014). New symbiotic associations involving polynoids (Polychaeta, Polynoidae) from Atlantic waters, with redescriptions of <em>Parahololepidella greeffi</em> (Augener, 1918) and <em>Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae</em> (Fauvel, 1913). <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 71:27-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2014.71.04
page(s): 35; note: State that: "G. pelagica [1 specimen is known] could be a juvenile and thus the species should be considered as nomen dubium" [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
status source Britayev, Temir A.; Gil, João; Altuna, Álvaro; Calvo, Marta; Martín, Daniel. (2014). New symbiotic associations involving polynoids (Polychaeta, Polynoidae) from Atlantic waters, with redescriptions of <em>Parahololepidella greeffi</em> (Augener, 1918) and <em>Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae</em> (Fauvel, 1913). <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 71:27-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2014.71.04
page(s): 35; note: State that: "G. pelagica [1 specimen is known] could be a juvenile and thus the species should be considered as nomen dubium" [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 80092, geounit Bermuda [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Status Pettibone (1991) suggested that "there is a possibility that G. pelagica is a pelagic juvenile stage." This seems self evident (it is 5 mm long). As noted by Pettibone and by Britayev et al. (2014) it does not conform to the genus. Thus it is indeterminable at present. [details]
Type locality Offshore of Bermuda, 31.65° -63.8667°, pelagic [details]
