Deep-Sea name details

Nereis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885

183288  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183288)

 unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [as 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): 225-227, plate XXXV figs. 10-12, plate XVIA figs. 17-18 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note The two specimens are from two Kerguelen...  
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Type locality The two specimens are from two Kerguelen localities, one dredged "off Kerguelen, in 10-100 fathoms, and the other from 30 fathoms "West of Cape Maclear" (= Cap Mac Lear), Kerguelen Islands, Subantarctic Indian Ocean (-49.6167°, 70.2667°). [details]
Type material Syntype deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1885.12.1.170). [details]
Depth range 30 fathoms (= about 55 m).  
Depth range 30 fathoms (= about 55 m). [details]

Distribution Subantarctic Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.  
Distribution Subantarctic Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands. [details]

Etymology Not stated. The species is obviously named after its type locality, the Kerguelen Islands.  
Etymology Not stated. The species is obviously named after its type locality, the Kerguelen Islands. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183288 on 2024-06-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nereis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183288 on 2024-06-14
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original description McIntosh, W.C. [as 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): 225-227, plate XXXV figs. 10-12, plate XVIA figs. 17-18 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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

basis of record BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details]   

new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1954). Australian Nereidae. Including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 77: 1-41., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41336914
page(s): 30, Charts I-IV; note: as Neanthes kerguelensis [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 250, 261 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.170, geounit Kerguelen [details]
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Authority McIntosh (1885: 225) strangely headlines this name as "Nereis kerguelensis, Baird ?" because he links his specimen with "an imperfect specimen collected at Kerguelen by the 'Antarctic' Expedition and presented to the British Museum by the Admiralty, though no description by Dr. Baird has yet been found". Evidently McIntosh was unsure if an already published description by Baird existed. There is no such description so McIntosh's two specimens are syntypes of a new species name of which McIntosh is author. [details]

Depth range 30 fathoms (= about 55 m). [details]

Diet "In the intestine is muddy debris containing long sponge-spicules, fragments of Radiolarians, a few Gregarine (parasitic), fragments of Algae, often with groups of chlorophyll-granules, and many Diatoms" (McIntosh, 1885: 227). [details]

Distribution Subantarctic Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands. [details]

Etymology Not stated. The species is obviously named after its type locality, the Kerguelen Islands. [details]

Habitat Volcanic mud, at shelf depths. [details]

Type locality The two specimens are from two Kerguelen localities, one dredged "off Kerguelen, in 10-100 fathoms, and the other from 30 fathoms "West of Cape Maclear" (= Cap Mac Lear), Kerguelen Islands, Subantarctic Indian Ocean (-49.6167°, 70.2667°). [details]

Type material Syntype deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1885.12.1.170). [details]