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Polychaeta name detailsOrseis grasslei Blake, 1985
329867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329867)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
Orseis Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Oxydromus Grube, 1855
marine,
recent only
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 78, fig. 6A-D [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype USNM 81808-9, geounit Gulf of California
Holotype USNM 81808-9, geounit Gulf of California [details] type locality contained in Guaymas Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality 19 Jan 1982, 27 0.5' N, 111 25.8' W, E of South Hill, near SE Rift Wall, 2020 m, box core, holotypeand 20 paratypes (USNM 81808-9), Guyamas Basin, Gulf of California [details]
Etymology Orseis grasslei is named after Frederick Grassle, Woods Hole Oceanograph institute
Etymology Orseis grasslei is named after Frederick Grassle, Woods Hole Oceanograph institute [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Orseis grasslei Blake, 1985. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329867 on 2026-05-11
Date action by
original description
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 78, fig. 6A-D [details] Available for editors [request]context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] source of synonymy Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x [details] Available for editors [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 81808-9, geounit Gulf of California [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Orseis grasslei is named after Frederick Grassle, Woods Hole Oceanograph institute [details]Type locality 19 Jan 1982, 27 0.5' N, 111 25.8' W, E of South Hill, near SE Rift Wall, 2020 m, box core, holotype and 20 paratypes (USNM 81808-9), Guyamas Basin, Gulf of California [details] |