Polychaeta name details
original description
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only). page(s): 243-246, fig. 11a-f [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Helgason, G.V.; Gardarsson, A.; Svavarsson, J.; Adalsteinsdottir, K.; Gudmundsson, H. (1990). Polychaetes new to the Icelandic fauna, with remarks on some previously recorded species. <em>Sarsia.</em> 75(3): 203-212., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1990.10413448 page(s): 207-209, fig. 4 [details]
Holotype ZMUU Polychaeta type #195, geounit Skagerrak [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 235-681 m. [details]
Distribution Skagerrak. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet furcifera (Latin, having a fork), makes reference to the distal end of the dorsal simple chaetae, which has the appearance of being forked. [details]
Habitat Mud. [details]
Type locality Flekkefjord, Norway, Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58º12.6'N, 6º42'E), 235 m, grey mud. [details]
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