WoRMS taxon details
Tharyx kirkegaardi Blake, 1991
332545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332545)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (1991). Revision of some genera and species of Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) from the western North Atlantic. <em>Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta).</em> 5S: 17-30.
page(s): 21-23, fig. 2A-E [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 21-23, fig. 2A-E [details] Available for editors
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Note Atlantic Ocean, off North Carolina
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off North Carolina [details]
Etymology "This species is named for Dr. Jørgen B. Kirkegaard, Convenor of the Second International Polychaete Conference, and...
Etymology "This species is named for Dr. Jørgen B. Kirkegaard, Convenor of the Second International Polychaete Conference, and Curator of polychaetes of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Dr. Kirkegaard has made major contributions to the systematics of deep-water polychaetes" (Blake, 1991: 23). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Tharyx kirkegaardi Blake, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332545 on 2024-04-29
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Blake, James A. (1991). Revision of some genera and species of Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) from the western North Atlantic. <em>Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta).</em> 5S: 17-30.
page(s): 21-23, fig. 2A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a revision of the genera and species from the eastern North Pacific. pages 263-384. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 313-315, fig. 8.19; note: specimens from California, Pacific Ocean [details]
page(s): 21-23, fig. 2A-E [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a revision of the genera and species from the eastern North Pacific. pages 263-384. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 313-315, fig. 8.19; note: specimens from California, Pacific Ocean [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology "This species is named for Dr. Jørgen B. Kirkegaard, Convenor of the Second International Polychaete Conference, and Curator of polychaetes of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Dr. Kirkegaard has made major contributions to the systematics of deep-water polychaetes" (Blake, 1991: 23). [details]From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off North Carolina [details]
