WoRMS taxon details
Praxillella kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885)
334621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334621)
accepted
Species
Clymene kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Praxilla kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (replaced original combination...)
replaced original combination due to homonymy
Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Praxilla kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 405-406, plate XLVI fig. 7, plate XXVA fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 405-406, plate XLVI fig. 7, plate XXVA fig. 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Kerguelen Islands
type locality contained in Kerguelen Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Praxillella kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334621 on 2025-06-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Praxilla kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 405-406, plate XLVI fig. 7, plate XXVA fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911) Arwidsson, Ivar. (1911). Die Maldaniden. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar Expedition 1901‒1903, Stockholm.</em> 6(6): 1-44, 2 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6227783
page(s): 19-24, plate 1 figs. 12-15, plate 2 figs. 42-43 [details]
basis of record Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358 [details]
page(s): 405-406, plate XLVI fig. 7, plate XXVA fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911) Arwidsson, Ivar. (1911). Die Maldaniden. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar Expedition 1901‒1903, Stockholm.</em> 6(6): 1-44, 2 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6227783
page(s): 19-24, plate 1 figs. 12-15, plate 2 figs. 42-43 [details]
basis of record Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358 [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 Hartman, Olga. (1966). Polychaeta Myzostomidae and Sedentaria of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 7: vii 1-158., available online at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/AR007 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hartman, Olga. (1966). Polychaeta Myzostomidae and Sedentaria of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 7: vii 1-158., available online at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/AR007 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To NMNH Extant Collection (Praxillella antarctica (1) 46954) (from synonym Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Praxillella kerguelensis (1) 46435)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Praxillella antarctica (1) 46954) (from synonym Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Praxillella kerguelensis (1) 46435)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Praxillella antarctica Arwidsson, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
