Deep-Sea name details
Nicon polaris Hartman, 1967
173744 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173744)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 68-69, plate 19 figs. A-E [details] Available for editors
page(s): 68-69, plate 19 figs. A-E [details] Available for editors
Holotype USNM 55514, female epitoke, geounit South...
, Note Bransfield Strait, South of South Shetland...
Holotype USNM 55514, female epitoke, geounit South Shetland Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bransfield Strait, South of South Shetland Islands, Nelson Island, R/V Eltanin, Sta. 432, -62.892° -59.35° (62°53'31.2"S, 59°21'W), 884-935 m [details]
Etymology Not stated. Perhaps because from south polar waters, although these waters are today known as the Antarctic Ocean or...
Taxonomy Nicon polaris was regarded as doubtfully in Nicon by Pettibone (1971), and de León-González & Trovant (2013) seem to...
Etymology Not stated. Perhaps because from south polar waters, although these waters are today known as the Antarctic Ocean or Southern Ocean. South Polar Ocean is no longer used. [details]
Taxonomy Nicon polaris was regarded as doubtfully in Nicon by Pettibone (1971), and de León-González & Trovant (2013) seem to...
Taxonomy Nicon polaris was regarded as doubtfully in Nicon by Pettibone (1971), and de León-González & Trovant (2013) seem to agree as they state "Nicon polaris was described based on an epitoke; however, the possession of an expanded elytra-shaped dorsal cirrus in the chaetiger 7 makes it doubtful that it belongs to Nicon; a similar structure is found in Kainonereis ...". Nevertheless they tabulate its characters and include it in their Nicon key. Subsequently Conde-Vela et al (2018) transferred it to Kainonereis and redescribed it. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicon polaris Hartman, 1967. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173744 on 2025-05-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nicon polaris Hartman, 1967. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173744 on 2025-05-28
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Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 68-69, plate 19 figs. A-E [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Conde-Vela, Víctor Manuel; Wu, Xuwen; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio Ignacio. (2018). Reevaluation and New Species of Kainonereis Chamberlin, 1919 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 57(6): 1-24., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/57/57-06.html
page(s): 16; note: to Kainonereis [details] Available for editors
status source de León-González, Jesús Angel; Trovant, Berenice. (2013). A new species of <i>Nicon</i> Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Ecuador, Eastern Pacific, with a key to all known species of the genus. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 269: 67-76., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.269.4003
page(s): 73; note: keyed but of doubtful status [details]
page(s): 68-69, plate 19 figs. A-E [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Conde-Vela, Víctor Manuel; Wu, Xuwen; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio Ignacio. (2018). Reevaluation and New Species of Kainonereis Chamberlin, 1919 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 57(6): 1-24., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/57/57-06.html
page(s): 16; note: to Kainonereis [details] Available for editors
status source de León-González, Jesús Angel; Trovant, Berenice. (2013). A new species of <i>Nicon</i> Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Ecuador, Eastern Pacific, with a key to all known species of the genus. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 269: 67-76., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.269.4003
page(s): 73; note: keyed but of doubtful status [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 55514, female epitoke, geounit South Shetland Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Perhaps because from south polar waters, although these waters are today known as the Antarctic Ocean or Southern Ocean. South Polar Ocean is no longer used. [details]Taxonomy Nicon polaris was regarded as doubtfully in Nicon by Pettibone (1971), and de León-González & Trovant (2013) seem to agree as they state "Nicon polaris was described based on an epitoke; however, the possession of an expanded elytra-shaped dorsal cirrus in the chaetiger 7 makes it doubtful that it belongs to Nicon; a similar structure is found in Kainonereis ...". Nevertheless they tabulate its characters and include it in their Nicon key. Subsequently Conde-Vela et al (2018) transferred it to Kainonereis and redescribed it. [details]
Type locality Bransfield Strait, South of South Shetland Islands, Nelson Island, R/V Eltanin, Sta. 432, -62.892° -59.35° (62°53'31.2"S, 59°21'W), 884-935 m [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]
