WoRMS taxon details
Terebella gorgonae Monro, 1933
332475 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332475)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1070-1071, fig. 18A-D [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in East Pacific
, Note Syntypes from three localities in the Pacific...
type locality contained in East Pacific [details]
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Type locality Syntypes from three localities in the Pacific Ocean: a) Gorgona Island, Panama (gazetteer estimate 2.965°, -78.171°); b) Conway Bay, Indefatigable Island (= Isla Santa Cruz), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (gazetteer estimate -0.548°, -90.518°); Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island (= Isla Isabela), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (gazetteer estimate -0.2645°, -91.3705°). [details]
Type material Syntypes from at least two of the three type localities deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1933.7.10.286-290 and 1933.7.10.291-293). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to subtidal.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gorgona Island (Colombia); Albemarle (= Isabela) and Indefatigable (= Santa Cruz) islands (Galápagos...
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description, the specific epithet gorgonae refers to Gorgona Island (Colombia,...
Depth range Intertidal to subtidal. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gorgona Island (Colombia); Albemarle (= Isabela) and Indefatigable (= Santa Cruz) islands (Galápagos...
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gorgona Island (Colombia); Albemarle (= Isabela) and Indefatigable (= Santa Cruz) islands (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description, the specific epithet gorgonae refers to Gorgona Island (Colombia,...
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description, the specific epithet gorgonae refers to Gorgona Island (Colombia, Pacific Ocean), one of the type localities of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Terebella gorgonae Monro, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332475 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1070-1071, fig. 18A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1070-1071, fig. 18A-D [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NHMUK 1933.7.10.286-290, geounit Santa Cruz Island [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1933.7.10.291-293, geounit Gorgona Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to subtidal. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gorgona Island (Colombia); Albemarle (= Isabela) and Indefatigable (= Santa Cruz) islands (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description, the specific epithet gorgonae refers to Gorgona Island (Colombia, Pacific Ocean), one of the type localities of the species. [details]
Habitat Fine gravel in pools, and under stones, intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Type locality Syntypes from three localities in the Pacific Ocean: a) Gorgona Island, Panama (gazetteer estimate 2.965°, -78.171°); b) Conway Bay, Indefatigable Island (= Isla Santa Cruz), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (gazetteer estimate -0.548°, -90.518°); Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island (= Isla Isabela), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (gazetteer estimate -0.2645°, -91.3705°). [details]
Type material Syntypes from at least two of the three type localities deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1933.7.10.286-290 and 1933.7.10.291-293). [details]
