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Polychaeta name detailsPraxilla nigrita Ehlers, 1874
331085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331085)
unaccepted (genus name replaced)
Species
Praxilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881
marine,
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 297 [details]
Note Rockall Trough, off Outer Hebrides, Scotland,...
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Type locality Rockall Trough, off Outer Hebrides, Scotland, NE Atlantic Ocean (59.5667°, -7.3°), 1189 m (Ehlers, 1874: "59° 34' lat. bor., 7° 18' long, occid., fundo 650 orgyiarum"). [details]
Depth range 1189 m (650 fathoms).
Depth range 1189 m (650 fathoms). [details] Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Rockall Trough (off Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Known from the type locality.
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Rockall Trough (off Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Known from the type locality. [details] Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet nigrita is a Latin adjective meaning 'black', and refers...
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet nigrita is a Latin adjective meaning 'black', and refers obviously to the colour of the species, described as being black on a yellow background: "Color in spiritu fulvidus, in parte segmentorum incrassata nigritus" (Ehlers, 1874: 297), and "gelbem Grunde schwarz gezeichnete Wurm" (Ehlers, 1875: 63). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Praxilla nigrita Ehlers, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331085 on 2024-04-16
Date action by
original description
Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 297 [details] additional source Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254 page(s): 63-64, plate IV figs. 12-17 [details] additional source Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358 page(s): 22 [details]   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range 1189 m (650 fathoms). [details]Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Rockall Trough (off Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Known from the type locality. [details] Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet nigrita is a Latin adjective meaning 'black', and refers obviously to the colour of the species, described as being black on a yellow background: "Color in spiritu fulvidus, in parte segmentorum incrassata nigritus" (Ehlers, 1874: 297), and "gelbem Grunde schwarz gezeichnete Wurm" (Ehlers, 1875: 63). [details] Habitat Globigerina ooze with a significant admixture of sand, at bathyal depths (1189 m). [details] Type locality Rockall Trough, off Outer Hebrides, Scotland, NE Atlantic Ocean (59.5667°, -7.3°), 1189 m (Ehlers, 1874: "59° 34' lat. bor., 7° 18' long, occid., fundo 650 orgyiarum"). [details] |