WoRMS taxon details
Paraxionice artifex Fauchald, 1972
330402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330402)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 319-321, plate 67 figs. a-e [details]
page(s): 319-321, plate 67 figs. a-e [details]
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Guaymas Basin
, Note Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, western...
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Guaymas Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, western Mexico, Pacific Ocean (provided geocoordinates 27°03'N, 112°18'W place the station on land, tentatively corrected here to 27°03'N, 111°18'W). [details]
Depth range 894 m.
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California).
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet artifex is a Latin noun meaning 'craftsman', and refers...
Depth range 894 m. [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet artifex is a Latin noun meaning 'craftsman', and refers...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet artifex is a Latin noun meaning 'craftsman', and refers presumably to the complexity of the tube built by the species: ''The tube has a thick matrix in which numerous long, straight sponge spicules have been imbedded; each spicule is oriented with its long axis transverse to the long axis of the tube with the free ends of each spicule protruding, giving the tube a construction similar to that of a log cabin; the tubes are irregularly multi-angular however and there are large frills of the matrix material hanging from the corners of the tube. In the upper part of the tube sand grains are also imbedded between the sponge spicules'' (Fauchald, 1972: 320). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Paraxionice artifex Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330402 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 319-321, plate 67 figs. a-e [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
page(s): 319-321, plate 67 figs. a-e [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Guaymas Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 894 m. [details]Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet artifex is a Latin noun meaning 'craftsman', and refers presumably to the complexity of the tube built by the species: ''The tube has a thick matrix in which numerous long, straight sponge spicules have been imbedded; each spicule is oriented with its long axis transverse to the long axis of the tube with the free ends of each spicule protruding, giving the tube a construction similar to that of a log cabin; the tubes are irregularly multi-angular however and there are large frills of the matrix material hanging from the corners of the tube. In the upper part of the tube sand grains are also imbedded between the sponge spicules'' (Fauchald, 1972: 320). [details]
Habitat Bathyal depths, type of sediment not stated. [details]
Reproduction The holotype is a female with large eggs in the body cavity. [details]
Type locality Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, western Mexico, Pacific Ocean (provided geocoordinates 27°03'N, 112°18'W place the station on land, tentatively corrected here to 27°03'N, 111°18'W). [details]
