Deep-Sea taxon details
Eurysyllis mercuryi Lucas, San Martin & Parapar, 2012
AphiaID: 712174
AphiaID: 712174
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Syllidae (Family) > Syllinae (Subfamily) > Eurysyllis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Eurysyllis Ehlers, 1864 | |||||||
| Source |
original description: Lucas, Yolanda; San Martin, Guillermo; Parapar, Julio. 2012. Two new species of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from DIVA-Artabria I project (cruise 2002) to deep areas off NW Spain. Zootaxa *(3589): 77-88, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3589.html page(s): 78 [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: MNCN 16.01/12026 [details] | |||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Dorsal compound chaetae with elongated blades and strong spinulation on distal part of shafts, especially on anterior chaetigers. [details] Etymology: Named "in honour of Freddie Mercury (nickname of Farrokh Bulsara), leader of the rock band Queen." [details] Type locality: Off Ártabro gulf, NW Spain, 43.9505 N, 8.91325 W, 1091–1132 m. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712174 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Read, G. (2013). Eurysyllis mercuryi Lucas, San Martin & Parapar, 2012. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Glover, A.G., Higgs, N., Horton, T. (2013) World Register of Deep-Sea species at http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712174 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
