WoRMS taxon details

Paramphinome australis Monro, 1930

172958  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172958)

accepted
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): 32-34, fig. 3a-g [details]   
Holotype  NHMUK 1930.10.8.926, geounit South Orkney Islands  
Holotype NHMUK 1930.10.8.926, geounit South Orkney Islands [details]
Type locality contained in South Orkneys  
type locality contained in South Orkneys [details]
Note Off Signy Island, South Orkney Islands,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Ocean (60º50'30''S, 46º15'00''W), between 244-344 m, in green mud.  [details]
Depth range 244-344 m.   
Depth range 244-344 m.  [details]

Distribution Antarctic Ocean, off South Orkney Islands.   
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, off South Orkney Islands.  [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet australis is a Latin adjective meaning 'southern', and presumably refers to the southern...  
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet australis is a Latin adjective meaning 'southern', and presumably refers to the southern location of the new species, highlighted by Monro (1930: 34): "I believe this to be the first record of this genus in southern waters." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Paramphinome australis Monro, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172958 on 2024-04-23
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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): 32-34, fig. 3a-g [details]   

taxonomy source Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/
page(s): 171, figure 5; note: As Paramphinome cf. australis. Record from a whale skull off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 999-1013 m. Molecular data obtained [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

additional source Orensanz, José Maria. (1972). Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina. I. Palmyridae (= Chrysopetalidae), Amphinomidae y Euphrosinidae. <em>Physis.</em> 31(83): 485-501.
page(s): 494; note: record and description from offshore Uruguay [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464
page(s): 278 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NHMUK 1930.10.8.926, geounit South Orkney Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 244-344 m.  [details]

Distribution Antarctic Ocean, off South Orkney Islands.  [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet australis is a Latin adjective meaning 'southern', and presumably refers to the southern location of the new species, highlighted by Monro (1930: 34): "I believe this to be the first record of this genus in southern waters." [details]

Habitat Green mud, 244-344 m depth.  [details]

Specimen Holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK 1930.10.8.926).  [details]

Type locality Off Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Ocean (60º50'30''S, 46º15'00''W), between 244-344 m, in green mud.  [details]