Deep-Sea taxon details
Polycirrus arcticus Sars, 1865
131523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131523)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, Michael. (1865). Fortsatte Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Annelider. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 5-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44007149
page(s): 14-16 [details]
page(s): 14-16 [details]
Note Described based on specimens from two...
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Type locality Described based on specimens from two localities: a) Vadsø, Finmark, Norway, Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 70.05°, 29.75°); b) Tromø, Troms, Norway, Norwegian Sea, North Atlantic (gazetteer estimate 69.651°, 18.965°). Glasby & Hutchings (2014: 22-24) refer only the existence of syntypes from Vadsø (Finmark). [details]
Depth range 73-183 m.
Distribution North Atlantic Ocean: Norwegian Sea. Arctic Ocean: Barents Sea.
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet arcticus refers presumably to the finding of the species in the Arctic Ocean.
Depth range 73-183 m. [details]
Distribution North Atlantic Ocean: Norwegian Sea. Arctic Ocean: Barents Sea.
Distribution North Atlantic Ocean: Norwegian Sea. Arctic Ocean: Barents Sea. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet arcticus refers presumably to the finding of the species in the Arctic Ocean.
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet arcticus refers presumably to the finding of the species in the Arctic Ocean. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus arcticus Sars, 1865. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131523 on 2025-06-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polycirrus arcticus Sars, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131523 on 2025-06-20
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Sars, Michael. (1865). Fortsatte Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Annelider. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 5-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44007149
page(s): 14-16 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 14-16 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype UZMO C3204, geounit Vadso [details]
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Depth range 73-183 m. [details]Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Sars (1865: 16): "Corpus subcylindricum, dorso fornicato, ventre subplano, ante medium paulo inflatum, posteriora versus sensim attenuatum, pallide flavum, segmentis 46—47. Lobus cephalicus labium semicirculatum, segmento buccali duplo latius, margine incrassato, saepe flexuoso, sulco exarato, in qvo tentacula maxime numerosa, comam magnam componentia, affixa sunt. — Anterior corporis pars e segmentis 18—19 composita, anticis brevissimis, posterioribus sensim longioribus (ultimis 1/2 fere latioribus qvam longis): primo (segmento buccali) nudo, ceteris 17—18 tuberculis utrinqve monostichis minutis, mammilliformibus seu conicis, setas capillares gerentibus; toris uncinigeris nullis. Venter laevis, scuta ventralia parum distincta, media, angusta. — Posterior corporis pars e segmentis 28 composita, biannulis, anterioribus longioribus (parum latioribus qvam longis), posterioribus brevioribus, omnibus ultimo excepto utrinqve uncinos gerentibus minimos aviculares (breves, hamatos), seriem simplicem componentes, in toris haud prominentibus positos. Segmentum postremum dorso obliqve truncatum, ano dorsali, cirris analibus nullis." [details]
Distribution North Atlantic Ocean: Norwegian Sea. Arctic Ocean: Barents Sea. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet arcticus refers presumably to the finding of the species in the Arctic Ocean. [details]
Habitat Soft clay sediment, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Described based on specimens from two localities: a) Vadsø, Finmark, Norway, Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 70.05°, 29.75°); b) Tromø, Troms, Norway, Norwegian Sea, North Atlantic (gazetteer estimate 69.651°, 18.965°). Glasby & Hutchings (2014: 22-24) refer only the existence of syntypes from Vadsø (Finmark). [details]
