Polychaeta name details
original description
Ehlers, E. (1900). Magellanischen Anneliden gesammelt während der schwedischen Expedition nach den Magellansländern. <em>Nachrichten der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1900(2): 206-223., available online at http://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/dms/img/?PID=GDZPPN002498812 page(s): 218 [details]
basis of record
Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <i>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review</i>. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Ehlers, E. (1901). Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunistischer Versuch. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse.</em> 1-232, 25 plates., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/Ehlers1901_PolychaetenMagellanischenChilenischenStrandes.pdf page(s): 172-173, plate XXII figs. 1-4 [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114 page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 10 fathoms (18.288 m). [details]
Distribution Straits of Magellan. [details]
Etymology Not stated by Ehlers. The specific epithet scaphigera means 'bearing a little boat', and refers probably to the shape of the anal funnel. [details]
Habitat Sediment with few algae ("Thon mit wenig algen"), at about 20 m. [details]
Type locality Straits of Magellan, "Lagatoaia" (= probably Lapataia Bay, near Ushuaia, Argentina) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -54.858º, long. -68.543º), 10 fathoms (18.288 m), sediment with few algae. [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Considered distinct [details]
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