WoRMS name details
Amphitrite pauciseta Day, 1963
326401 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326401)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 439, fig. 11j-m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 439, fig. 11j-m [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.145, geounit South African part...
, Note Off the west coast of the Western Cape...
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.145, geounit South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off the west coast of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (33°06.4'S, 17°44.9'E), 146 m, green blue mud. [details]
Depth range 146-320 m.
Distribution South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet pauciseta is composed by the Latin adjective pauci, form of paucus and meaning 'few' or...
Depth range 146-320 m. [details]
Distribution South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean).
Distribution South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet pauciseta is composed by the Latin adjective pauci, form of paucus and meaning 'few' or...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet pauciseta is composed by the Latin adjective pauci, form of paucus and meaning 'few' or 'little', and the Latin noun seta, alternative form of chaeta and meaning 'bristle', and refers presumably to the presence of notochaetae on only 13 thoracic segments. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amphitrite pauciseta Day, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326401 on 2024-04-19
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Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 439, fig. 11j-m [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Holthe, T. (1986). Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. <em>Gunneria.</em> 55: 1-236., available online at http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:331918/FULLTEXT01.pdf
page(s): 140; note: as Paramphitrite pauciseta [details]
page(s): 439, fig. 11j-m [details] Available for editors
[request] new combination reference Holthe, T. (1986). Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. <em>Gunneria.</em> 55: 1-236., available online at http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:331918/FULLTEXT01.pdf
page(s): 140; note: as Paramphitrite pauciseta [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.145, geounit South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
Nontype, geounit South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 146-320 m. [details]Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 439): ''This species may be recognised by the presence of pigment granules at the bases of the two pairs of gills and the possession of only 13 thoracic setigers.'' [details]
Distribution South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet pauciseta is composed by the Latin adjective pauci, form of paucus and meaning 'few' or 'little', and the Latin noun seta, alternative form of chaeta and meaning 'bristle', and refers presumably to the presence of notochaetae on only 13 thoracic segments. [details]
Habitat Mud and sand, at shelf and slope depths. [details]
Type locality Off the west coast of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (33°06.4'S, 17°44.9'E), 146 m, green blue mud. [details]
