Deep-Sea taxon details
Ammotrypanella arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876)
130484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130484)
accepted
Species
Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Tachytrypane arctica McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tachytrypane arctica McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876) McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Annelida. pp. 215-222. <i>In</i>: Jeffreys, John Gwyn. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 25(173): 177-230, plates 2-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43410688
page(s): 218-219 [details]
page(s): 218-219 [details]
Holotype (of Tachytrypane arctica McIntosh in...
, Type locality contained in Mid-Atlantic Bight , Note North Atlantic, 1785 fms, 3267 m,...
Holotype (of Tachytrypane arctica McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876) NHMUK 1921.5.1.2392, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Holotype BM 1921.5.1.2392, verbatimGeounit North Atlantic, 1785... [details]
type locality contained in Mid-Atlantic Bight [details]
Type locality North Atlantic, 1785 fms, 3267 m, Globigerina-ooze, 55° 10’ N, 25° 58’ W (55.166667°, -25.966667°). Note this locality is mid Atlantic, and is NOT located in Davis Strait (title of McIntosh (1878) paper) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ammotrypanella arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130484 on 2025-05-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ammotrypanella arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130484 on 2025-05-07
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(of Tachytrypane arctica McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876) McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Annelida. pp. 215-222. <i>In</i>: Jeffreys, John Gwyn. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 25(173): 177-230, plates 2-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43410688
page(s): 218-219 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Parapar, J.; Moreira, J.; Helgason, G. V. 2011. Distribution and diversity of the Opheliidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) on the continental shelf and slope of Iceland, with a review of the genus Ophelina in northeast Atlantic waters and description of two new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(2): 83-105.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Kirkegaard, J. B. (1996). Bathyal and Abyssal Polychaetes (sedentary species I). <em>Galathea Report.</em> 17: 57-77., available online at http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Pdf_filer/Volume_17/galathea-vol.17-pp_057-078.pdf
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
redescription Schüller, M. 2008. New polychaete species collected during the expeditions ANDEEP I, II, and III to the deep Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean in the austral summers 2002 and 2005 - Ampharetidae, Opheliidae, and Scalibregmatidae. Zootaxa 1705: 51-68, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01705p068f.pdf
page(s): 57 [details]
new combination reference McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719
page(s): 505-506, plate LXV fig. 12; note: as Ammotrypanella arctica [details]
page(s): 218-219 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors

additional source Parapar, J.; Moreira, J.; Helgason, G. V. 2011. Distribution and diversity of the Opheliidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) on the continental shelf and slope of Iceland, with a review of the genus Ophelina in northeast Atlantic waters and description of two new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(2): 83-105.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Kirkegaard, J. B. (1996). Bathyal and Abyssal Polychaetes (sedentary species I). <em>Galathea Report.</em> 17: 57-77., available online at http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Pdf_filer/Volume_17/galathea-vol.17-pp_057-078.pdf
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors

redescription Schüller, M. 2008. New polychaete species collected during the expeditions ANDEEP I, II, and III to the deep Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean in the austral summers 2002 and 2005 - Ampharetidae, Opheliidae, and Scalibregmatidae. Zootaxa 1705: 51-68, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01705p068f.pdf
page(s): 57 [details]
new combination reference McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719
page(s): 505-506, plate LXV fig. 12; note: as Ammotrypanella arctica [details]




Holotype (of Tachytrypane arctica McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876) NHMUK 1921.5.1.2392, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Holotype BM 1921.5.1.2392, verbatimGeounit North Atlantic, 1785... [details]
Nontype (of Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876)) NSMT Pol. 110775, geounit Honshu Island [details]
Nontype (of Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876)) NSMT Pol. 110776, geounit Honshu Island [details]
Nontype (of Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876)) NSMT Pol. 110777, geounit Honshu Island [details]
Nontype (of Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876)) NSMT Pol. 110858, geounit Honshu Island [details]
Nontype (of Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876)) NSMT Pol. 110859, geounit Honshu Island [details]
Nontype (of Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876)) NSMT Pol. 110860, geounit Honshu Island [details]
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Type locality North Atlantic, 1785 fms, 3267 m, Globigerina-ooze, 55° 10’ N, 25° 58’ W (55.166667°, -25.966667°). Note this locality is mid Atlantic, and is NOT located in Davis Strait (title of McIntosh (1878) paper) [details]