Polychaeta name details
original description
Sardá, R.; Gil, J.; Taboada, S.; Gili, J.M. 2009. Polychaete species captured in sediment traps moored in northwestern Mediterranean submarine canyons. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 155(1): 1-21 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 11, fig. 4 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Sardá, R.; Gil, J.; Taboada, S.; Gili, J.M. 2009. Polychaete species captured in sediment traps moored in northwestern Mediterranean submarine canyons. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 155(1): 1-21 (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Parapar, J. 2012. Familia Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. In: Annelida Polychaeta III. J. Parapar, C. Alós, J. Núñez, J. Moreira, E. López, F. Aguirrezabalaga, C. Besteiro & A. Martínez. Fauna Ibérica vol. 36. M.A. Ramos et al. (Eds). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid: 284-332. [In Spanish], available online at http://editorial.csic.es/publicaciones/libros/12021/978-84-00-09414-0/fauna-iberica-vol-36-annelida-polychaeta-iii-.html page(s): 326-327 [details]
Holotype, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range Collected in the water column, at depths of 605-1165 m, 30 m above sea floor. [details]
Diagnosis "Species distinguished by the number of chaetigers and the size of the chaetae in relation to the size of the branchiae" (Sardá et al., 2009: 11). [details]
Distribution Western Mediterranean Sea: Planier Canyon (off Marseille), Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (off Banyuls-sur-Mer), and Foix Canyon (off Barcelona). [details]
Etymology The species is dedicated to Dr. Ramon Margalef, an eminent ecologist who at the publication of the paper had recently passed away, in gratitude for his stimulating work. [details]
Habitat Collected in the water column, at depths of 605-1165 m, 30 m above sea floor, in submarine canyons. [details]
Type locality Western Mediterranean Sea, off Barcelona, Foix Canyon, st. ST01C21 (41º02'N; 01º56'E), 1165 m depth, in the water column 30 m above sea floor. [details]
Type material Contrary to what is stated in the description, the type material was not deposited at the Centre Mediterrani d'Investigacions Marines i Ambientals - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CMIMA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain). The whereabouts of the type material is at present uncertain (Rafael Sardá, pers. com. May 2015). [details]
Validity There were doubts concerning the validity of this species, as it didn't seem to accomplish article 16.4 of the ICZN, according to which the original publication of a new specific name must be accompanied "[...] by the explicit fixation of a holotype, or syntypes, for the nominal taxon [...]", and, "[...] where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection [...]". In the present case, the type material was never deposited in a collection, contrary to what was stated in the original publication. The Editor contacted Dr. Miguel Ángel Alonso-Zarazaga, Comissioner of the ICZN, concerning this question. According to Dr. Alonso-Zarazaga [pers. comm. May 15 2015] the species is valid, as in spite of not having deposited the type material, the authors accomplished with the "statement of intent" of depositing it in a collection. The authors are recommended by Dr. Alonso-Zarazaga to deposit the type and other material in another collection and to publish this information as a short note, if possible in the same journal where the species was originally described. [details]
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