WoRMS name details
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). The polychaetes collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. <em>Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18.</em> 9B: 1-41, plates 1-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37673125 page(s): 17B-18B, plate III figs. 5-7; note: spelling is 'arctius' NOT 'arcticus' as in Hartman Catalogue [details]
source of synonymy
Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046 page(s): 37-41; note: to synonymy with Scolecolepides viridis [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Sikorskii, A. V. and Buzhinskaya, Galina N. 1998. The genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta, Spionidae) in seas of Russia. Zoologicheskii zhurnal 77(10): 1111-1120. note: places S. arctius in Marenzelleria as M. arctia [details]
Holotype CMN NMCIC1900-8368, geounit Beaufort Sea [details]
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Depth range Shallow water, 0.3 m depth. [details]
Distribution Arctic Ocean: Beaufort Sea (Simpson Cove, Collinson Point, North Slope Borough, Alaska). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet arctius is a comparative degree of the Latin adjective arcte, meaning 'short' , 'thick', or 'narrow', and refers presumably to the shorter length of the species when compared with the genotype: "The present species is a less slender form than the genotype and consists of a much smaller number of somites,-seventy-five as against two hundred and six" (Chamberlin, 1920: 17B-18B). [details]
Habitat Pelagic under 5 inches (13 cm) of ice over 1 foot (0.3 m) of water. [details]
Type locality Lagoon at Collinson Point (= Simpson Cove), North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 69.97°, -144.91°), at shallow water. [details]
Type material Holotype (CMN NMCIC1900-8368) consists in two slides with a series of parapodia of the form typical of the genus. Paratype referred by Chamberlin (1920: 17B) as "Victoria Memorial Museum, No. 37" is missing from the collection (Frank et al., 1985: 39). [details]
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