Polychaeta name details
original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 92-350, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206 page(s): 101 (diagnosis), 102-103 [details]
basis of record
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
new combination reference
Cerruti, Attilio. (1909). Contributo all'anatomia, biologia e sistematica delle Paraonidae (Levinsenidae) con particolare riguardo alle specie del golfo di Napoli. <em>Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19(3): 459-512, plates 18-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47419517 page(s): 498-500; note: as Paraonis fulgens [details]
new combination reference
Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. II. Remarques complémentaires sur les Spionidiens. La famille nouvelle des Disomidiens. La place des Aonides (sensu Tauber, Levinsen). <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 83-100., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721719 page(s): 93, plate 3 fig. 23; note: as Levinsenia fulgens [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Type material captured in the water column, with a pelagic net. [details]
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Levinsen (1884: 101): ''Gjæller ovale, tilspidsede, kortere end Legemets Bredde, begynde paa fjerde børstebærende Ring og strække sig over de følgende 21—22 Ringe; de tre første Ringe tydelig smallere end de følgende; i Legemets bageste Deel Krogbørster, i hvert Parapodie 1—2, (lyser stærkt i Mørke)'' (= ''branchiae oval, pointed, shorter than the body width, begin in the fourth chaetiger and extend over the following 21-22 segments; the first three segments clearly narrower than the following; in the posterior body region there are chaetae with round tips, 1-2 per fascicle (specimens light strongly in the dark)''; tentative translation by the Editor). [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic: Kattegat. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet fulgens is a Latin adjective meaning 'shining' or 'glittering', and refers to the strong bioluminiscence observed in the species when first captured, which was referred as ''lyser stærkt i Mørke'' (= ''lights up strongly in the dark''; Levinsen, 1884: 101), or as ''Hæc species [...] nocte fulgorem præclarum emittit'' (= ''this species [...] emits outstanding brightness at night''; Levinsen, 1884: 102). [details]
Habitat The species was captured in the water column with a pelagic net during night in August 1883. The specimens were described as being strongly bioluminescent both before and after catch. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Hellebaek, Denmark, Kattegat, NE Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 56.069, 12.564), pelagic, captured during the night. [details]
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