WoRMS name details
Polycirrus (Ereutho) aquila Caullery, 1944
330862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330862)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Polycirrus (Ereutho) accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Caullery, M. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204.
page(s): 192-193, fig. 152A-D [details]
page(s): 192-193, fig. 152A-D [details]
Holotype ZMA V. Pol. 1532, geounit Banda Islands
, Note 'Banda Anchorage', south coast of Banda Naira,...
Holotype ZMA V. Pol. 1532, geounit Banda Islands [details]
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Type locality 'Banda Anchorage', south coast of Banda Naira, Banda Islands, Banda Sea, Malay Archipelago, West Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate based on Ballard & Moor in Huddart (1801: 596-597): -4.531°, 129.899°). [details]
Depth range 9-45 m.
Distribution SW Pacific Ocean: Banda Sea (Banda Islands, Malay Archipelago).
Etymology The specific epithet aquila is a Latin noun meaning 'eagle' and refers to the vague resemblance between the profile of the...
Depth range 9-45 m. [details]
Distribution SW Pacific Ocean: Banda Sea (Banda Islands, Malay Archipelago).
Distribution SW Pacific Ocean: Banda Sea (Banda Islands, Malay Archipelago). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet aquila is a Latin noun meaning 'eagle' and refers to the vague resemblance between the profile of the...
Etymology The specific epithet aquila is a Latin noun meaning 'eagle' and refers to the vague resemblance between the profile of the uncini with the silhouette of the head of an eagle: "Je la considère [the species] comme nouvelle et, en raison de la vague ressemblance du profil de ses uncini avec la silhouette d'une tête d'aigle, je la nomme aquila" (Caullery, 1944: 193). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus (Ereutho) aquila Caullery, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330862 on 2024-04-24
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Caullery, M. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204.
page(s): 192-193, fig. 152A-D [details]
new combination reference Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
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page(s): 192-193, fig. 152A-D [details]
new combination reference Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 333 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMA V. Pol. 1532, geounit Banda Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 9-45 m. [details]Distribution SW Pacific Ocean: Banda Sea (Banda Islands, Malay Archipelago). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet aquila is a Latin noun meaning 'eagle' and refers to the vague resemblance between the profile of the uncini with the silhouette of the head of an eagle: "Je la considère [the species] comme nouvelle et, en raison de la vague ressemblance du profil de ses uncini avec la silhouette d'une tête d'aigle, je la nomme aquila" (Caullery, 1944: 193). [details]
Habitat Black sand and coral, at subtidal to shallow shelf depths. [details]
Type locality 'Banda Anchorage', south coast of Banda Naira, Banda Islands, Banda Sea, Malay Archipelago, West Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate based on Ballard & Moor in Huddart (1801: 596-597): -4.531°, 129.899°). [details]
