WoRMS name details
Eulalia anomalochaeta Monro, 1930
337581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337581)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 76-77, fig. 22a-d [details]
page(s): 76-77, fig. 22a-d [details]
Note South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean. Type...
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Type locality South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean. Type material includes syntypes from 4 different locations: a) off mouth of Cumberland Bay, from 6.3 miles N 89° E of Jason Light to 4 miles N 39° E of Jason Light, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -54.13°, -36.46°), 120-204 m, mud; b) mouth of East Cumberland Bay, from 1.5 miles N 76½° W to 2.62 miles S 11° W of Merton Rock, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -54.23°, -36.38°), 200-234 m, mud; c) Bransfield Strait, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Ocean (-63.2889, -59.8042°), 200 m, mud, stones and gravel; d) Bismarck Strait, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Ocean (-64.9333°, -65.5833°), 315 m, stones, mud and rock. [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Natural History Museum, London (UK). [details]
Depth range 120-315 m.
Distribution South Atlantic Ocean: South Georgia. Antarctic Ocean: South Shetland Islands (Bransfield Strait) and Palmer Archipelago...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet anomalochaeta is composed by the Latin adjective anomalo, form of anomalus and meaning...
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.
Depth range 120-315 m. [details]
Distribution South Atlantic Ocean: South Georgia. Antarctic Ocean: South Shetland Islands (Bransfield Strait) and Palmer Archipelago...
Distribution South Atlantic Ocean: South Georgia. Antarctic Ocean: South Shetland Islands (Bransfield Strait) and Palmer Archipelago (Bismarck Strait). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet anomalochaeta is composed by the Latin adjective anomalo, form of anomalus and meaning...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet anomalochaeta is composed by the Latin adjective anomalo, form of anomalus and meaning 'anomalous' or 'abnormal', and the New Latin noun chaeta, from the Greek chaite and meaning 'bristle' or 'hair', and presumably refers to the unique chaetae of the species. According to Monro (1930: 77), "The bristles [...] are remarkable. They are strongly heterogomph, and the ''hilt'' ends in a large hook, below which is the articulation for the very small delicately hirsute blade. [...] I believe these markedly heterogomph bristles to be distinctive of this species, for I know no Eulalia with chaetae at all resembling them." [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eulalia anomalochaeta Monro, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337581 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 76-77, fig. 22a-d [details]
page(s): 76-77, fig. 22a-d [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 3: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR003
page(s): 57, plate XVII figs. 3-5; note: with Pterocirrus hunteri (Benham, 1921) [as Steggoa] [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 57, plate XVII figs. 3-5; note: with Pterocirrus hunteri (Benham, 1921) [as Steggoa] [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NHMUK 1930.10.8.962, geounit Palmer Archipelago [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1930.10.8.965, geounit South Georgia [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1930.10.8.966, geounit South Shetland Islands [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1930.10.8.969, geounit South Georgia [details]
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Depth range 120-315 m. [details]Distribution South Atlantic Ocean: South Georgia. Antarctic Ocean: South Shetland Islands (Bransfield Strait) and Palmer Archipelago (Bismarck Strait). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet anomalochaeta is composed by the Latin adjective anomalo, form of anomalus and meaning 'anomalous' or 'abnormal', and the New Latin noun chaeta, from the Greek chaite and meaning 'bristle' or 'hair', and presumably refers to the unique chaetae of the species. According to Monro (1930: 77), "The bristles [...] are remarkable. They are strongly heterogomph, and the ''hilt'' ends in a large hook, below which is the articulation for the very small delicately hirsute blade. [...] I believe these markedly heterogomph bristles to be distinctive of this species, for I know no Eulalia with chaetae at all resembling them." [details]
Habitat Mud, stones, gravel and rock, at shelf depths. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean. Type material includes syntypes from 4 different locations: a) off mouth of Cumberland Bay, from 6.3 miles N 89° E of Jason Light to 4 miles N 39° E of Jason Light, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -54.13°, -36.46°), 120-204 m, mud; b) mouth of East Cumberland Bay, from 1.5 miles N 76½° W to 2.62 miles S 11° W of Merton Rock, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -54.23°, -36.38°), 200-234 m, mud; c) Bransfield Strait, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Ocean (-63.2889, -59.8042°), 200 m, mud, stones and gravel; d) Bismarck Strait, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Ocean (-64.9333°, -65.5833°), 315 m, stones, mud and rock. [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Natural History Museum, London (UK). [details]
