WoRMS taxon details
Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer Chuar, Iesa & Raquib, 2026
1909288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1909288)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chuar, Cheah Hoay; Iesa, Iffah; Raquib, Tashfia. (2026). A new species of <em>Bathyeliasona</em> (Annelida, Polynoidae) from the abyssal plain of the eastern Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1293: 121-140., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/208455/
page(s): 125, Figures 2-7; note: Holotype ZRC.ANN.2366, ROV Chimaera Dive CHR0597, abyssal plain between Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, ; −11.9829, 101.5860; depth 4977 m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 125, Figures 2-7; note: Holotype ZRC.ANN.2366, ROV Chimaera Dive CHR0597, abyssal plain between Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, ; −11.9829, 101.5860; depth 4977 m [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZRC ZRC.ANN.2366, geounit Indian Ocean
, Note Holotype RC.ANN.2366, ROV Chimaera Dive...
Holotype ZRC ZRC.ANN.2366, geounit Indian Ocean [details]
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Type locality Holotype RC.ANN.2366, ROV Chimaera Dive CHR0597, abyssal plain between Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, ; −11.9829, 101.5860; depth 4977 m [details]
Distribution Known from a single specimen collected from the Eastern Indian Ocean, at 4977 m on the abyssal plain between Christmas...
Etymology Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer is named after "R/V OceanXplorer", the support vessel for the ROV 'Chimaera' which collected...
Distribution Known from a single specimen collected from the Eastern Indian Ocean, at 4977 m on the abyssal plain between Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands [details]
Etymology Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer is named after "R/V OceanXplorer", the support vessel for the ROV 'Chimaera' which collected...
Etymology Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer is named after "R/V OceanXplorer", the support vessel for the ROV 'Chimaera' which collected the worm. Unmodified, unlatinized noun in apposition. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer Chuar, Iesa & Raquib, 2026. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1909288 on 2026-10-01
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Nomenclature
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Chuar, Cheah Hoay; Iesa, Iffah; Raquib, Tashfia. (2026). A new species of <em>Bathyeliasona</em> (Annelida, Polynoidae) from the abyssal plain of the eastern Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1293: 121-140., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/208455/
page(s): 125, Figures 2-7; note: Holotype ZRC.ANN.2366, ROV Chimaera Dive CHR0597, abyssal plain between Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, ; −11.9829, 101.5860; depth 4977 m [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 125, Figures 2-7; note: Holotype ZRC.ANN.2366, ROV Chimaera Dive CHR0597, abyssal plain between Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, ; −11.9829, 101.5860; depth 4977 m [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZRC ZRC.ANN.2366, geounit Indian Ocean [details]
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Diagnosis "Body with 18 segments; prostomial lobes anteriorly rounded, each with a slender, short frontal filament inserted anteriorly; eight pairs of elytra, with short, non-uniformly sized conical papillae along the posterior half of the margins; subacicular neurochaetae with distinct central rib on the distal half; nephridial papillae present from segment 5 onwards, all small; buccal bulb present; ventral pygidial lobes with weakly undulate distal margins."No comparison is included in the authors' diagnosis above. Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer has 18 body segments as do B. abyssicola (Fauvel, 1913) and B. nigra (Hartman, 1967). The authors' molecular tree has data for only three Bathyeliasona species, and B. oceanxplorier pairs with B. nigra in that tree.
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Distribution Known from a single specimen collected from the Eastern Indian Ocean, at 4977 m on the abyssal plain between Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands [details]
Etymology Bathyeliasona oceanxplorer is named after "R/V OceanXplorer", the support vessel for the ROV 'Chimaera' which collected the worm. Unmodified, unlatinized noun in apposition. [details]
Type locality Holotype RC.ANN.2366, ROV Chimaera Dive CHR0597, abyssal plain between Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, ; −11.9829, 101.5860; depth 4977 m [details]
