WoRMS name details
Asclerocheilus tasmanius Kirkegaard, 1996
326676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326676)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kirkegaard, J. B. (1996). Bathyal and Abyssal Polychaetes (sedentary species I). <em>Galathea Report.</em> 17: 57-77., available online at http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Pdf_filer/Volume_17/galathea-vol.17-pp_057-078.pdf
page(s): 67-68, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 67-68, fig. 6 [details]
Holotype ZMUC POL-853, geounit Tasman Sea
, Note Tasman Sea, W of New Zealand.
Holotype ZMUC POL-853, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Tasman Sea, W of New Zealand. [details]
Depth range 3710-3830 m.
Distribution Tasman Sea, SW of New Zealand.
Etymology Not stated but the specific epithet tasmanius refers to the type locality of the species, the Tasman Sea. There are 722...
Depth range 3710-3830 m. [details]
Distribution Tasman Sea, SW of New Zealand.
Distribution Tasman Sea, SW of New Zealand. [details]
Etymology Not stated but the specific epithet tasmanius refers to the type locality of the species, the Tasman Sea. There are 722...
Etymology Not stated but the specific epithet tasmanius refers to the type locality of the species, the Tasman Sea. There are 722 variants in WoRMS for species-group names based on Tasman (here the name of a sea, whereas Tasmania is the island, and ultimately the name arises from the family name of Dutch navigator Abel Tasman), but almost nobody besides Kirkegaard has used 'tasmanius' (there is also the fish Callorhynchus tasmanius Richardson 1840 but he also followed that name with a species called 'tasmaniensis'). The word 'tasmanius' would be a Latinization of a proper noun (name for a place or person), and thus appears not to be an intended adjective (such as 'tasmaniensis' or 'tasmanianus ' or 'tasmanica' would be). Perhaps Kirkegaard did intend an adjective but 'tasmanius' would not be the obvious construction. As its status and derivation is unclear it is treated as an unchanging Latinized noun in apposition. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Asclerocheilus tasmanius Kirkegaard, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326676 on 2026-01-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Kirkegaard, J. B. (1996). Bathyal and Abyssal Polychaetes (sedentary species I). <em>Galathea Report.</em> 17: 57-77., available online at http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Pdf_filer/Volume_17/galathea-vol.17-pp_057-078.pdf
page(s): 67-68, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 67-68, fig. 6 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.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
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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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMUC POL-853, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
Paratype ZMUC POL-866, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
Paratype ZMUC POL-866, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 3710-3830 m. [details]Distribution Tasman Sea, SW of New Zealand. [details]
Etymology Not stated but the specific epithet tasmanius refers to the type locality of the species, the Tasman Sea. There are 722 variants in WoRMS for species-group names based on Tasman (here the name of a sea, whereas Tasmania is the island, and ultimately the name arises from the family name of Dutch navigator Abel Tasman), but almost nobody besides Kirkegaard has used 'tasmanius' (there is also the fish Callorhynchus tasmanius Richardson 1840 but he also followed that name with a species called 'tasmaniensis'). The word 'tasmanius' would be a Latinization of a proper noun (name for a place or person), and thus appears not to be an intended adjective (such as 'tasmaniensis' or 'tasmanianus ' or 'tasmanica' would be). Perhaps Kirkegaard did intend an adjective but 'tasmanius' would not be the obvious construction. As its status and derivation is unclear it is treated as an unchanging Latinized noun in apposition. [details]
Type locality Tasman Sea, W of New Zealand. [details]
