Polychaeta name details
original description
Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680 page(s): 296 [details]
additional source
Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254 page(s): 57-59, plate 4 figs. 1-9 [details]
new combination reference
Hartman, Olga. (1957). Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(3): 211-393., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160176 page(s): 245; note: as Phylo kupfferi [details]
new combination reference
Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746 page(s): 283-284, fig. 75g; note: as Orbinia (Phylo) kupfferi [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1326-2498 m (725-1366 fathoms). [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: off Ireland. [details]
Etymology The species is named after Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (b. Lestene, 14 November 1829 – d. Munich, 16 December 1902), Baltic German anatomist credited by Ehlers as having probably described the same species previously from the Baltic Sea as 'Aricia spec.?': "Verisimiliter eadem est species, quae a cel. Kupffer in libro adscripto 'Bericht über die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Ostsee,', p. 151, est commemorata" (Ehlers, 1874: 296). [details]
Habitat Not stated in the original description. Occurs at abyssal depths (1326-2498 m). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Off British Isles, NE Atlantic Ocean, in two different locations: 1) off SW Ireland (48.8333°, -11.1167°), 1326 m; 2) off NW Ireland (54.9°, -10.9833°), 2498 m. [details]
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