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Polychaeta 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  PDF available [request] 
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 at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332545 on 2024-04-23
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original description 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  PDF available [request] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

redescription 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 [details]   
 
 Present  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]