Deep-Sea taxon details
Heterospio longissima Ehlers, 1874
130207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130207)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 296-297 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 296-297 [no figures] [details]
Holotype , geounit West Europe
, Note Celtic Sea, SW Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean...
Holotype, geounit West Europe [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Celtic Sea, SW Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean (51.0167°, -11.35°), 779 m (Ehlers, 1874: "51° 1' lat. bor., 11° 21' long, occid., fundo 426 orgyiarum"). [details]
Depth range 779 m (426 fathoms).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland); off New England (USA) to Bermuda.
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet longissima is a Latin adjective meaning 'very long', and refers...
Depth range 779 m (426 fathoms). [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland); off New England (USA) to Bermuda.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland); off New England (USA) to Bermuda. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet longissima is a Latin adjective meaning 'very long', and refers...
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet longissima is a Latin adjective meaning 'very long', and refers presumably to the great length of the posterior segments of the type specimen: "[...] posterior teres segmentis paucis perlongissimis nudis constituta [...] Long. animalis, cujus pars postrema corporis deest, 25 m.m.; longitudo anterioris partis 7 segmentis constitutae 2 m.m.; sequentium 4 segmentorum longissimorum 23 m.m." (Ehlers, 1874: 296-297). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heterospio longissima Ehlers, 1874. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130207 on 2025-05-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Heterospio longissima Ehlers, 1874. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130207 on 2025-05-14
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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): 296-297 [no figures] [details]
taxonomy source Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 163-164, plate 30 figs. f-h [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Imajima, Minoru. (1974). Occurrence of species of three families, Eulepethidae, Apistobranchidae, and Heterospionidae (Polychaeta) from Japan. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 17(1): 57-64.
page(s): 63; note: record for Suruga Bay, Japan, 450 m, with description and figures [details] Available for editors
additional source Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
redescription 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): 60-62, plate IV figs. 10-11 [details]
status source Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2023). New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5260(1): 1-74., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5260.1.1/50353
page(s): 7; note: Long discussion of Heterospio longissima in view of the lack of a holotype and the general adoption of prior authors of the description of Hartman (1965) which the authors find represents two species,...
[details] Available for editors
page(s): 296-297 [no figures] [details]
taxonomy source Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 163-164, plate 30 figs. f-h [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Imajima, Minoru. (1974). Occurrence of species of three families, Eulepethidae, Apistobranchidae, and Heterospionidae (Polychaeta) from Japan. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 17(1): 57-64.
page(s): 63; note: record for Suruga Bay, Japan, 450 m, with description and figures [details] Available for editors
additional source Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
redescription 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): 60-62, plate IV figs. 10-11 [details]
status source Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2023). New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5260(1): 1-74., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5260.1.1/50353
page(s): 7; note: Long discussion of Heterospio longissima in view of the lack of a holotype and the general adoption of prior authors of the description of Hartman (1965) which the authors find represents two species,...
Long discussion of Heterospio longissima in view of the lack of a holotype and the general adoption of prior authors of the description of Hartman (1965) which the authors find represents two species, neither H. longissima.
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit West Europe [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 779 m (426 fathoms). [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland); off New England (USA) to Bermuda. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet longissima is a Latin adjective meaning 'very long', and refers presumably to the great length of the posterior segments of the type specimen: "[...] posterior teres segmentis paucis perlongissimis nudis constituta [...] Long. animalis, cujus pars postrema corporis deest, 25 m.m.; longitudo anterioris partis 7 segmentis constitutae 2 m.m.; sequentium 4 segmentorum longissimorum 23 m.m." (Ehlers, 1874: 296-297). [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Celtic Sea, SW Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean (51.0167°, -11.35°), 779 m (Ehlers, 1874: "51° 1' lat. bor., 11° 21' long, occid., fundo 426 orgyiarum"). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツツヘテロスピオ | [details] |
