Polychaeta taxon details
Notomastus abyssalis Fauchald, 1972
329999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329999)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 248-249, plate 51 figs. d-g [details]
page(s): 248-249, plate 51 figs. d-g [details]
Holotype LACM AHF POLY 1012, geounit Gulf of California
, Note Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, western...
Holotype LACM AHF POLY 1012, geounit Gulf of California [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, western Mexico, Baja California Sur, Isla San José, 33.5 miles 053ºT from Punta Colorado (25º21'00''N, 110º05'00''W). [details]
Type material Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA (LACM-AHF POLY 1012). [details]
Depth range 2260-2890 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (from off Cabo Falso and the Tres Marias Islands through the southerm and central...
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis, Latin adjective meaning 'of, pertaining to, or resembling an abyss', refers to the great...
Depth range 2260-2890 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (from off Cabo Falso and the Tres Marias Islands through the southerm and central...
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (from off Cabo Falso and the Tres Marias Islands through the southerm and central parts of the Gulf). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis, Latin adjective meaning 'of, pertaining to, or resembling an abyss', refers to the great...
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis, Latin adjective meaning 'of, pertaining to, or resembling an abyss', refers to the great depths at which the species lives. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Notomastus abyssalis Fauchald, 1972. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329999 on 2025-05-02
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Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 248-249, plate 51 figs. d-g [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
additional source García-Garza, María Elena; de León-González, Jesús Angel. (2015). The genus <i>Notomastus</i> (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico, with the description of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 128(2): 176-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.176
page(s): 177-178 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 248-249, plate 51 figs. d-g [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
additional source García-Garza, María Elena; de León-González, Jesús Angel. (2015). The genus <i>Notomastus</i> (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico, with the description of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 128(2): 176-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.176
page(s): 177-178 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM AHF POLY 1012, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2260-2890 m. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (from off Cabo Falso and the Tres Marias Islands through the southerm and central parts of the Gulf). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis, Latin adjective meaning 'of, pertaining to, or resembling an abyss', refers to the great depths at which the species lives. [details]
Habitat Deep water sediments. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, western Mexico, Baja California Sur, Isla San José, 33.5 miles 053ºT from Punta Colorado (25º21'00''N, 110º05'00''W). [details]
Type material Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA (LACM-AHF POLY 1012). [details]
