WoRMS name details
Exogone (Parexogone) canyonincolae Sardá, Gil, Taboada & Gili, 2009
759296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:759296)
alternative representation (superseded subgenus rank combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sardá, R.; Gil, J.; Taboada, S.; Gili, J.M. 2009. Polychaete species captured in sediment traps moored in northwestern Mediterranean submarine canyons. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 155(1): 1-21 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 15-17, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 15-17, fig. 7 [details]
Holotype , geounit Western Mediterranean
, Note Western Mediterranean Sea, off Barcelona, Foix...
Holotype, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Western Mediterranean Sea, off Barcelona, Foix Canyon, st. ST01C22 (40º59'N; 02º02'E), 960 m depth, in the water column 30 m above sea floor. [details]
Type material Contrary to what is stated in the description, the type material was not deposited at the Centre Mediterrani d'Investigacions Marines i Ambientals - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CMIMA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain). The whereabouts of the type material is at present uncertain (Rafael Sardá, pers. com. May 2015). [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Collected in the water column, at depths of 960-990 m, 30 m above sea floor.
Distribution Western Mediterranean Sea: Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (off Banyuls-sur-Mer), and Foix Canyon (off Barcelona).
Etymology The specific epithet canyonincolae refers to the habitat of the species, within submarine canyons.
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range Collected in the water column, at depths of 960-990 m, 30 m above sea floor.
Depth range Collected in the water column, at depths of 960-990 m, 30 m above sea floor. [details]
Distribution Western Mediterranean Sea: Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (off Banyuls-sur-Mer), and Foix Canyon (off Barcelona).
Distribution Western Mediterranean Sea: Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (off Banyuls-sur-Mer), and Foix Canyon (off Barcelona). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet canyonincolae refers to the habitat of the species, within submarine canyons.
Etymology The specific epithet canyonincolae refers to the habitat of the species, within submarine canyons. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Exogone (Parexogone) canyonincolae Sardá, Gil, Taboada & Gili, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759296 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Sardá, R.; Gil, J.; Taboada, S.; Gili, J.M. 2009. Polychaete species captured in sediment traps moored in northwestern Mediterranean submarine canyons. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 155(1): 1-21 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 15-17, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 15-17, fig. 7 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]Depth range Collected in the water column, at depths of 960-990 m, 30 m above sea floor. [details]
Diagnosis "Species characterized by having long median antenna and very small lateral antennae, several aristae on dorsal simple chaetae, and compound chaetae with bidentate blades with long spines not extending beyond tips, and shafts with long spines extending beyond hinges" (Sardá et al, 2009: 15). [details]
Distribution Western Mediterranean Sea: Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (off Banyuls-sur-Mer), and Foix Canyon (off Barcelona). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet canyonincolae refers to the habitat of the species, within submarine canyons. [details]
Habitat Collected in the water column, at depths of 960-990 m, 30 m above sea floor, in submarine canyons. [details]
Type locality Western Mediterranean Sea, off Barcelona, Foix Canyon, st. ST01C22 (40º59'N; 02º02'E), 960 m depth, in the water column 30 m above sea floor. [details]
Type material Contrary to what is stated in the description, the type material was not deposited at the Centre Mediterrani d'Investigacions Marines i Ambientals - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CMIMA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain). The whereabouts of the type material is at present uncertain (Rafael Sardá, pers. com. May 2015). [details]
Validity There were doubts concerning the validity of this species, as it didn't seem to accomplish article 16.4 of the ICZN, according to which the original publication of a new specific name must be accompanied "[...] by the explicit fixation of a holotype, or syntypes, for the nominal taxon [...]", and, "[...] where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection [...]". In the present case, the type material was never deposited in a collection, contrary to what was stated in the original publication. The Editor contacted Dr. Miguel Ángel Alonso-Zarazaga, Comissioner of the ICZN, concerning this question. According to Dr. Alonso-Zarazaga [pers. comm. May 15 2015] the species is valid, as in spite of not having deposited the type material, the authors accomplished with the "statement of intent" of depositing it in a collection. The authors are recommended by Dr. Alonso-Zarazaga to deposit the type and other material in another collection and to publish this information as a short note, if possible in the same journal where the species was originally described. [details]
