Deep-Sea taxon details
Eunice Cuvier, 1817
129278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129278)
accepted
Genus
- Species Eunice antipathum (Pourtalès, 1867)
- Species Eunice austropacifica Orensanz, 1990
- Species Eunice balfouriana (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Eunice cirrobranchiata McIntosh, 1885
- Species Eunice collini Augener, 1906
- Species Eunice denticulata Webster, 1884
- Species Eunice filamentosa Grube & Örsted in Grube, 1856
- Species Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867)
- Species Eunice frauenfeldi Grube, 1866
- Species Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887
- Species Eunice hawaiensis Treadwell, 1906
- Species Eunice kobiensis McIntosh, 1885
- Species Eunice kristiani Hartmann-Schröder in Hartmann-Schröder & Zibrowius, 1998
- Species Eunice magellanica McIntosh, 1885
- Species Eunice masudai Miura, 1986
- Species Eunice multicylindri Shisko, 1981
- Species Eunice musorstomica Hartmann-Schröder, 1998
- Species Eunice neocaledoniensis Lechapt, 1992
- Species Eunice nicidioformis Treadwell, 1906
- Species Eunice northioidea Moore, 1903
- Species Eunice norvegica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Eunice oerstedii Stimpson, 1853
- Species Eunice pennata (Müller, 1776)
- Species Eunice profunda Miura, 1987
- Species Eunice prognatha McIntosh, 1885
- Species Eunice pulvinopalpata Fauchald, 1982
- Species Eunice rosaurae Monro, 1939
- Species Eunice segregata (Chamberlin, 1919)
- Species Eunice semisegregata Fauchald, 1969
- Species Eunice tenuis (Treadwell, 1921)
- Species Eunice tibiana (Pourtalès, 1867)
- Species Eunice tubifex Crossland, 1904
- Species Eunice validobranchiata Monro, 1937
- Species Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
- Species Eunice websteri Fauchald, 1969
- Species Eunice antillensis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Leodice antillensis (Ehlers, 1887)
- Species Eunice australis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Leodice australis (Quatrefages, 1866) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eunice hawaiiensis Treadwell, 1906 accepted as Eunice hawaiensis Treadwell, 1906 (misspelling)
- Species Eunice laticeps Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Leodice laticeps (Ehlers, 1868) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eunice tentaculata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Eunice laticeps Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Leodice laticeps (Ehlers, 1868) (replaced name, a junior primary homonym to E. tentaculata, Kinberg, 1865)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Cuvier, G. (1817). Les Annélides. p.515-532 In. Le règne animal distribué d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Volume 2. Contenant les Reptiles, les Poissons, les Mollusques et les Annélides. Deterville. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28832992
page(s): 524-5; note: Species are only linked to the genus name in a footnote. [details]
page(s): 524-5; note: Species are only linked to the genus name in a footnote. [details]
Note Cuvier (1817: 525) only names a Eunice species...
From editor or global species database
Type species Cuvier (1817: 525) only names a Eunice species in a footnote, and the name he uses is as "Terebella aphroditois, Gm. Pall. nov. act." followed by four other species names, of which one only may be a valid Eunice but is misspelled by Cuvier . Terebella aphroditois was originally Nereis aphroditois Pallas. Fauchald (1992: 3-4) discusses several issues around what the type species should be, and declares it should be Leodice gigantea Lamarck 1818, but this does not seem possible, as it was not included in Cuvier's work. See Fauchald (1992) for the full discussion. Cuvier's connection with 'gigantea' is that a specimen in the Paris museum was labelled as 'Nereis gigantea', and the name was attributed to Cuvier by some authors, but he himself did not publish that name in connection with his Eunice genus. [details]
Etymology Cuvier (1817: 524) states in a footnote that he derived Eunice from the name of one of the female Nereides, stating...
Etymology Cuvier (1817: 524) states in a footnote that he derived Eunice from the name of one of the female Nereides, stating "Eunice, nom d'une nereide dans Apollodore". This mention is a little unusual to see, as mostly authors of the time assumed readers had familiarity with the derivation of names from Classical times. Apollodorus of Athens was a Greek scholar and historian. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice Cuvier, 1817. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129278 on 2024-04-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eunice Cuvier, 1817. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129278 on 2024-04-19
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Cuvier, G. (1817). Les Annélides. p.515-532 In. Le règne animal distribué d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Volume 2. Contenant les Reptiles, les Poissons, les Mollusques et les Annélides. Deterville. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28832992
page(s): 524-5; note: Species are only linked to the genus name in a footnote. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. ; Carrera-Parra, Luis F.; De León-González, Jesus Angel. 2011. Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas. Revista de Biologia Tropical 59(4): 1463–1474 , available online at http://biologiatropical.ucr.ac.cr/pages/vols/vol59-4.html [details]
additional source Zanol, J.; Fauchald, K.; Paiva, P.C. (2007). A phylogenetic analysis of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae, polychaete, Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 150(2): 413-434., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00302.x [details]
ecology source Kise, H.; Reimer, J. (2016). Unexpected diversity and a new species of Epizoanthus (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) attached to eunicid worm tubes from the Pacific Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 562: 49-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.6181
note: Epizoanthus association with zigzag Eunice tubes. Eunice spp not named, presumably unknown. [details]
page(s): 524-5; note: Species are only linked to the genus name in a footnote. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. ; Carrera-Parra, Luis F.; De León-González, Jesus Angel. 2011. Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas. Revista de Biologia Tropical 59(4): 1463–1474 , available online at http://biologiatropical.ucr.ac.cr/pages/vols/vol59-4.html [details]
additional source Zanol, J.; Fauchald, K.; Paiva, P.C. (2007). A phylogenetic analysis of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae, polychaete, Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 150(2): 413-434., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00302.x [details]
ecology source Kise, H.; Reimer, J. (2016). Unexpected diversity and a new species of Epizoanthus (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) attached to eunicid worm tubes from the Pacific Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 562: 49-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.6181
note: Epizoanthus association with zigzag Eunice tubes. Eunice spp not named, presumably unknown. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Cuvier (1817: 524) states in a footnote that he derived Eunice from the name of one of the female Nereides, stating "Eunice, nom d'une nereide dans Apollodore". This mention is a little unusual to see, as mostly authors of the time assumed readers had familiarity with the derivation of names from Classical times. Apollodorus of Athens was a Greek scholar and historian. [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. A female personal name in classical Greece [details]
Type species Cuvier (1817: 525) only names a Eunice species in a footnote, and the name he uses is as "Terebella aphroditois, Gm. Pall. nov. act." followed by four other species names, of which one only may be a valid Eunice but is misspelled by Cuvier . Terebella aphroditois was originally Nereis aphroditois Pallas. Fauchald (1992: 3-4) discusses several issues around what the type species should be, and declares it should be Leodice gigantea Lamarck 1818, but this does not seem possible, as it was not included in Cuvier's work. See Fauchald (1992) for the full discussion. Cuvier's connection with 'gigantea' is that a specimen in the Paris museum was labelled as 'Nereis gigantea', and the name was attributed to Cuvier by some authors, but he himself did not publish that name in connection with his Eunice genus. [details]
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
