Deep-Sea taxon details
Fauveliopsis magna Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
333468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333468)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 38; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 38; note: no figures [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1149, geounit Cascadia Plain
, Note Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, NE Pacific...
Holotype LACM Poly 1149, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44º36.4'N, 125º24.8'W; finish ---), 2800 m, clayey silt. [details]
Depth range 2800 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet magna (masculine: magnus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'large', 'big' or 'great', and...
Depth range 2800 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet magna (masculine: magnus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'large', 'big' or 'great', and...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet magna (masculine: magnus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'large', 'big' or 'great', and presumably refers to the big size of the species, stated to be ''characterized by a very large number of setigers, 41, compared with the other species [of the genus]'' (Fauchald & Hancock, 1981: 38). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Fauveliopsis magna Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. 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=333468 on 2024-04-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Fauveliopsis magna Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333468 on 2024-04-19
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Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 38; note: no figures [details]
context source (Deepsea) Blake, J.A. and Petersen, Mary E. Family Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971, in J.A. Blake, B. Hilbig and P.V. Scott eds., Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, p. 31-46. [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. and Petersen, Mary E. 2000. Family Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971. pages 31-46. IN: Blake, J. A.; Hilbig, B.; and Scott, P. Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7, The Annelida Part 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
page(s): 38; note: no figures [details]
context source (Deepsea) Blake, J.A. and Petersen, Mary E. Family Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971, in J.A. Blake, B. Hilbig and P.V. Scott eds., Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, p. 31-46. [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. and Petersen, Mary E. 2000. Family Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971. pages 31-46. IN: Blake, J. A.; Hilbig, B.; and Scott, P. Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7, The Annelida Part 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM Poly 1149, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2800 m. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet magna (masculine: magnus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'large', 'big' or 'great', and presumably refers to the big size of the species, stated to be ''characterized by a very large number of setigers, 41, compared with the other species [of the genus]'' (Fauchald & Hancock, 1981: 38). [details]
Habitat Clayey silt, at bathyal depths. [details]
Specimen Holotype (Poly 1149) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
Type locality Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44º36.4'N, 125º24.8'W; finish ---), 2800 m, clayey silt. [details]
