Deep-Sea name details
Placostegus morchii McIntosh, 1885
330802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330802)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 524-525, plate LV fig. 8, plate XXXA figs. 29-30; note: McIntosh used the accented spelling 'mörchii' [details]
page(s): 524-525, plate LV fig. 8, plate XXXA figs. 29-30; note: McIntosh used the accented spelling 'mörchii' [details]
Type locality contained in Pacific Deep Water
, Note Pacific Ocean, deep water
type locality contained in Pacific Deep Water [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, deep water [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Placostegus morchii McIntosh, 1885. 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=330802 on 2025-06-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Placostegus morchii McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330802 on 2025-06-09
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original description
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 524-525, plate LV fig. 8, plate XXXA figs. 29-30; note: McIntosh used the accented spelling 'mörchii' [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
new combination reference Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650
page(s): 287; note: to monotypic new genus, Protoplacostegus [details]
status source Zibrowius, H. (1973). Revision of some Serpulidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from abyssal depths in the Atlantic and Pacific, collected by the 'Challenger' and Prince of Monaco Expeditions. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 24 (9): 427-439., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26497963
page(s): 436-437; note: misspelled as 'moerchii [details] Available for editors
page(s): 524-525, plate LV fig. 8, plate XXXA figs. 29-30; note: McIntosh used the accented spelling 'mörchii' [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
new combination reference Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650
page(s): 287; note: to monotypic new genus, Protoplacostegus [details]
status source Zibrowius, H. (1973). Revision of some Serpulidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from abyssal depths in the Atlantic and Pacific, collected by the 'Challenger' and Prince of Monaco Expeditions. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 24 (9): 427-439., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26497963
page(s): 436-437; note: misspelled as 'moerchii [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment indeterminable according to Zibrowius 1973; cannot be a Placostegus by the shape of the uncinus figured (Fig.8) [details]Spelling McIntosh used the accented spelling 'mörchii'. This should be 'morchii' today, and should NOT be changed to moerchii, as Mörch (also as Mørch) was Scandinavian Danish, not German. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, deep water [details]
