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Galapagomystides aristata Blake, 1985

328065  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328065)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 72, figure 2A-F [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Note Galapagos rift vents, East Pacific Ocean  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Galapagos rift vents, East Pacific Ocean [details]
Etymology modified from Latin noun 'arista' meaning hair, with feminine adjectival ending  
Etymology modified from Latin noun 'arista' meaning hair, with feminine adjectival ending [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Galapagomystides aristata Blake, 1985. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328065 on 2024-04-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Galapagomystides aristata Blake, 1985. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328065 on 2024-04-24
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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original description Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 72, figure 2A-F [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

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

redescription Pearson, Kaila A. M.; Rouse, Greg W. (2022). Vampire Worms; A revision of Galapagomystides (Phyllodocidae, Annelida), with the description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5128(4): 451-485., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5128.4.1
page(s): 463, figures 8-10 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

biology source Jenkins, Cheryl D.; Ward, Megan E.; Turnipseed, Mary; Osterberg, Joshua; Dover, Cindy Lee. (2005). The digestive system of the hydrothermal vent polychaete Galapagomystides aristata (Phyllodocidae): evidence for hematophagy?. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 121(3): 243-254., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00064.x
note: suspected to be a blood sucker, but authors were unable to conclusively establish this [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Etymology modified from Latin noun 'arista' meaning hair, with feminine adjectival ending [details]

Type locality Galapagos rift vents, East Pacific Ocean [details]

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Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]
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