WoRMS name details

Eulalia anoculata Fauchald, 1972

130622  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130622)

 unaccepted (junior primary homonym)
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): 49-50, plate 6 figs. a-c [details]   
Holotype  LACM AHF, geounit Baja California Sur  
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
Note 19 miles, 170° T. from Natividad Island, Baja...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality 19 miles, 170° T. from Natividad Island, Baja California Sur, western Mexico, Pacific Ocean (from 27°35'45''N, 115°08'30''W to 27°32'15''N, 115°05'00''W), 600-660 fathoms (1097.3-1207 m), rock. [details]
Depth range 1098-2195 m.  
Depth range 1098-2195 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico (off Cedros Island; off the southern tip of Baja California Sur).  
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico (off Cedros Island; off the southern tip of Baja California Sur). [details]

Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet anoculata is composed by the feminine Latin adjective oculata,...  
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet anoculata is composed by the feminine Latin adjective oculata, meaning 'having eyes', preceded by the Greek prefix an-, meaning 'without' or 'lacking', and refers presumably to the absence of eyes in the species: ''Eyes are absent'' (Fauchald, 1972: 49).  [details]

Homonymy Junior primary homonym to Eulalia anoculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971, North Atlantic.  
Homonymy Junior primary homonym to Eulalia anoculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971, North Atlantic. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Eulalia anoculata Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130622 on 2024-04-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2012-02-26 20:40:53Z
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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): 49-50, plate 6 figs. a-c [details]   

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

source of synonymy Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 255 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
Nontype LACM AHF, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1098-2195 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico (off Cedros Island; off the southern tip of Baja California Sur). [details]

Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet anoculata is composed by the feminine Latin adjective oculata, meaning 'having eyes', preceded by the Greek prefix an-, meaning 'without' or 'lacking', and refers presumably to the absence of eyes in the species: ''Eyes are absent'' (Fauchald, 1972: 49).  [details]

Habitat Rock, at bathyal depths. [details]

Homonymy Junior primary homonym to Eulalia anoculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971, North Atlantic. [details]

Type locality 19 miles, 170° T. from Natividad Island, Baja California Sur, western Mexico, Pacific Ocean (from 27°35'45''N, 115°08'30''W to 27°32'15''N, 115°05'00''W), 600-660 fathoms (1097.3-1207 m), rock. [details]