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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  
Holotype USNM 80092, geounit Bermuda [details]
Note Offshore of Bermuda, 31.65° -63.8667°, pelagic  
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328165 on 2024-05-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica Pettibone, 1991. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328165 on 2024-05-01
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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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  PDF available 
 
 Present  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]
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