WoRMS name details
Pseudeulalia exigua Eliason, 1962
152375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152375)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 232-234, fig. 7a-d [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 232-234, fig. 7a-d [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype ZMUU Polychaeta type #202, geounit Skagerrak
, Note Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58.0833ºN,...
Holotype ZMUU Polychaeta type #202, geounit Skagerrak [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58.0833ºN, 08.5333ºE), 460 m, grey mud. [details]
Depth range 271-460 m.
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak.
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet exigua (masculine: exiguus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'strict' or 'exact', but also...
Depth range 271-460 m. [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak.
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet exigua (masculine: exiguus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'strict' or 'exact', but also...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet exigua (masculine: exiguus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'strict' or 'exact', but also 'small', 'little' or 'short', and presumably refers to the small size of the species, described as being small, with the biggest specimen being 16 mm long: ''Sämtliche Exemplare sind kleine, das grösste ca. 16 mm lang und ohne Parapodien ca. 0,4 mm breit mit 89 Segmenten, das kleinste ca. 3 mm lang und 0,15 mm breit mit 36 Segmenten'' (Eliason, 1962: 232). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudeulalia exigua Eliason, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152375 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 232-234, fig. 7a-d [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
new combination reference Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 260 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 232-234, fig. 7a-d [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
new combination reference Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 260 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMUU Polychaeta type #202, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 271-460 m. [details]Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet exigua (masculine: exiguus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'strict' or 'exact', but also 'small', 'little' or 'short', and presumably refers to the small size of the species, described as being small, with the biggest specimen being 16 mm long: ''Sämtliche Exemplare sind kleine, das grösste ca. 16 mm lang und ohne Parapodien ca. 0,4 mm breit mit 89 Segmenten, das kleinste ca. 3 mm lang und 0,15 mm breit mit 36 Segmenten'' (Eliason, 1962: 232). [details]
Habitat Grey mud, at shelf and slope depths. [details]
Type locality Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58.0833ºN, 08.5333ºE), 460 m, grey mud. [details]
