WoRMS name details
Eurythoe ambigua Monro, 1933
336241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336241)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
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Holotype NHMUK 1932.12.24.281, geounit Taboga Island
, Type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean , Note Bay between Taboga and Taboguilla, Taboga...
Holotype NHMUK 1932.12.24.281, geounit Taboga Island [details]
type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Depth range Between 6-12 fathoms (about 11-22 m).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Taboga Island (Panama).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet ambigua is a Latin adjective meaning 'uncertain' or 'doubtful', and refers presumably to...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Depth range Between 6-12 fathoms (about 11-22 m). [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Taboga Island (Panama).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Taboga Island (Panama). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet ambigua is a Latin adjective meaning 'uncertain' or 'doubtful', and refers presumably to...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet ambigua is a Latin adjective meaning 'uncertain' or 'doubtful', and refers presumably to the fact that according to its author the species is very close to Eurythoe dubia Horst, 1912, and that the two species should be probably placed in a new subgenus. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eurythoe ambigua Monro, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336241 on 2026-01-23
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Nomenclature
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Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 6-7, text-fig. 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Fauchald, Kristian. (1977). Polychaetes from intertidal areas in Panama, with a review of previous shallow-water records. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 221: 1-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.221
page(s): 12; note: as Linopherus ambigua [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 6-7, text-fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Fauchald, Kristian. (1977). Polychaetes from intertidal areas in Panama, with a review of previous shallow-water records. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 221: 1-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.221
page(s): 12; note: as Linopherus ambigua [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1932.12.24.281, geounit Taboga Island [details]
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Depth range Between 6-12 fathoms (about 11-22 m). [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: Taboga Island (Panama). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet ambigua is a Latin adjective meaning 'uncertain' or 'doubtful', and refers presumably to the fact that according to its author the species is very close to Eurythoe dubia Horst, 1912, and that the two species should be probably placed in a new subgenus. [details]
Habitat Soft mud, at shallow water. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Bay between Taboga and Taboguilla, Taboga Island, Panama, Pacific Ocean,(gazetteer estimate 08.797°, -79.551°). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the The Natural History Museum, London, UK (NMHUK 1932.12.24.281). [details]
