The family Aeolosomatidae was described as new in two occasions. It was originally described by Levinsen (1884: ... [details]
Type material captured in the water column, with a pelagic net. [details]
As a variety of Spirorbis granulatus. The text in full (Latin) is: "Warming captis carinæ late rotundatæ et in ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Levinsen (1884: 101): ''Gjæller ovale, tilspidsede, kortere end Legemets Bredde, begynde paa ... [details]
The specific epithet fulgens is a Latin adjective meaning 'shining' or 'glittering', and refers to the strong ... [details]
Not stated, but clearly for honoring the well-known biologist Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch (also seen as Mørch when ... [details]
Not stated but assumed (Pettibone, 1963:309) to be for the stellate or wheel-like appearance of the groups of ... [details]
The species was captured in the water column with a pelagic net during night in August 1883. The specimens were ... [details]
Spirorbis is masculine, therefore the epithet should be 'granulatus'. For example Levinsen (1884) correctly uses ... [details]
Levinsen (1884) used the spelling Mørchi. It is not to be transformed to 'moerchi' as this is not an umlaut, and ... [details]
Hellebaek, Denmark, Kattegat, NE Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 56.069, 12.564), pelagic, captured during the night. [details]
stated as collected in Kattegat (sea area between Denmark and Sweden), gazetteer geolocation 56.9283, 11.4281. ... [details]