WoRMS taxon details
Acrocirrus heterochaetus Annenkova, 1934
326213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326213)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Acrocirrus heterochaetus okotensis Imajima, 1963 accepted as Acrocirrus okotensis Imajima, 1963 (superseded original combination; rank upgrade to species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Annenkova, N. P. 1934. Kurze Übersicht der Polychaeten der Litoralzone der Bering-Insel (Kommador-Inseln) nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 106(12): 322-331.
page(s): 326-327, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 326-327, fig. 7 [details]
Note Bering Sea
Type locality Bering Sea [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 1500 m.
Distribution Eastern Pacific, from Bering Sea and Alaska to Southern California; Western Pacific, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk.
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaetus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'other', 'another' or...
Depth range Intertidal to 1500 m. [details]
Distribution Eastern Pacific, from Bering Sea and Alaska to Southern California; Western Pacific, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk.
Distribution Eastern Pacific, from Bering Sea and Alaska to Southern California; Western Pacific, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaetus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'other', 'another' or...
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaetus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'other', 'another' or 'different', and the Latin word chaetus, form of chaeta and meaning 'bristle' or 'seta', and presumably refers to the different types of chaetae present in the species, and especially to the acicular neuropodial hook with enlarged tip present on segment 14. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Acrocirrus heterochaetus Annenkova, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326213 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Annenkova, N. P. 1934. Kurze Übersicht der Polychaeten der Litoralzone der Bering-Insel (Kommador-Inseln) nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 106(12): 322-331.
page(s): 326-327, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 326-327, fig. 7 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Acrocirridae Banse, 1969. pages 25-30. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 27-28, fig. 2.1 [details]
page(s): 27-28, fig. 2.1 [details]
Other
additional source
Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2605-2606, fig. 1d, 4 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 2(1): 3-58., available online at https://research.nhm.org/dataimages/alaska/Hartman_1948.pdf
page(s): 38-39, fig. 11a-c [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 2605-2606, fig. 1d, 4 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 2(1): 3-58., available online at https://research.nhm.org/dataimages/alaska/Hartman_1948.pdf
page(s): 38-39, fig. 11a-c [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 1500 m. [details]Distribution Eastern Pacific, from Bering Sea and Alaska to Southern California; Western Pacific, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaetus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'other', 'another' or 'different', and the Latin word chaetus, form of chaeta and meaning 'bristle' or 'seta', and presumably refers to the different types of chaetae present in the species, and especially to the acicular neuropodial hook with enlarged tip present on segment 14. [details]
Habitat Rocky habitats. Found on surface of kelp on rocky shores. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Bering Sea [details]
