Deep-Sea taxon details
Tomopteris elegans Chun, 1887
131551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131551)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chun, C. (1887). Die pelagische Tierwelt in grösseren Meerestiefen und ihre Beziehungen zu der Oberflächenfauna. [The pelagic fauna in greater sea depths and its relationships to the surface fauna. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica.</em> 1: 1-66, 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8181618 [details]
Type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands
type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands [details]
Homonymy Tomopteris elegans Chun, 1887 is senior primary homonym to Tomopteris elegans Berkeley, 1924 from Departure Bay, off...
Homonymy Tomopteris elegans Chun, 1887 is senior primary homonym to Tomopteris elegans Berkeley, 1924 from Departure Bay, off Nanaimo, Canada, NE Pacific [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Tomopteris elegans Chun, 1887. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131551 on 2025-05-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tomopteris elegans Chun, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131551 on 2025-05-15
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Chun, C. (1887). Die pelagische Tierwelt in grösseren Meerestiefen und ihre Beziehungen zu der Oberflächenfauna. [The pelagic fauna in greater sea depths and its relationships to the surface fauna. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica.</em> 1: 1-66, 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8181618 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464
page(s): 415 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
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) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
redescription Suarez-Morales, Eduardo; Jimenez-Cueto, Soledad; and Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. 2005. Catalogo de los Poliquetos Pelagicos (Polychaeta) del Golfo de Mexico y Mar Caribe Mexicano. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal: 1-99 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464
page(s): 415 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
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) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
redescription Suarez-Morales, Eduardo; Jimenez-Cueto, Soledad; and Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. 2005. Catalogo de los Poliquetos Pelagicos (Polychaeta) del Golfo de Mexico y Mar Caribe Mexicano. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal: 1-99 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Was recorded at WoRMS as a junior synonym of Tomopteris (Johnstonella) pacifica (Izuka, 1914) but this is obviously not possible on priority unless there was a problem with the Tomopteris elegans Chun, 1887 name, which does not seem to be the case. Probably the junior homonym Tomopteris elegans Berkeley, 1924 (then not recorded) from Canadian Pacific was the intended target for this comparison [details]Homonymy Tomopteris elegans Chun, 1887 is senior primary homonym to Tomopteris elegans Berkeley, 1924 from Departure Bay, off Nanaimo, Canada, NE Pacific [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands [details]
