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Polychaeta source details

McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Annelida. pp. 215-222. In: Jeffreys, John Gwyn. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 25(173): 177-230, plates 2-4.
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McIntosh, William Carmichael
1876
Annelida. pp. 215-222. <i>In</i>: Jeffreys, John Gwyn. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
25(173): 177-230, plates 2-4
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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The Annelida collected during this expedition were kindly placed in my hands by Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys on his return. They resembled in many respects those recently examined from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, though the series was in neither the same.
Arctic-Boreal marine
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Holotype NHMUK 1921.5.1.2392, geounit North Atlantic, identified as Tachytrypane arctica McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876
 Depth range

1785 fathoms (= about 3265 m). [details]

 Depth range

1750 fathoms (= 3200 m). [details]

 Distribution

North Atlantic Ocean (55.1667°, -25.9667°). [details]

 Distribution

North Atlantic Ocean: Labrador Sea (59.1667°, -50.4167°). [details]

 Etymology

The name of the genus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin tachy-, meaning 'rapid' or 'swift', and the Greek ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet arctica is a Latin adjective meaning 'northern' or ... [details]

 Etymology

The species is named after Dr. John Gwyn Jeffreys (b. Swansea, Wales, January 18, 1809 - d. Kensington, England, ... [details]

 Habitat

Globigerina-ooze, at bathyal depths. According to McIntosh in Jeffreys (1876: 219), concerning Tachytrypane ... [details]

 Habitat

Mud, also referred as Globigerina-mud, at bathyal depths. According to McIntosh in Jeffreys (1876: 219), concerning ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

The species was published as new twice. First in McIntosh in Jeffreys (1876: 218-219), as Tachytrypane arctica, and ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

The species was published as new twice. First in McIntosh in Jeffreys (1876: 218), as Tachytrypane jeffreysi, and ... [details]

 Type locality

North Atlantic Ocean (55.1667°, -25.9667°), 1785 fathoms (about 3265 m), Globigerina-ooze. [details]

 Type locality

Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean (59.1667°, -50.4167°), 1750 fathoms (3200 m), in mud, also referred as ... [details]

 Type material

Holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHM 1921.5.1.2392). [details]

 Type material

Holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHM 1877.12.10.14). [details]