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Polychaeta name details

Alciopa distorta Treadwell, 1943

336063  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336063)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, A.L. (1943). Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie during 1928-1929 under Command of Captain J.P. Ault. Biology - IV. Biological results of the last cruise of the Carnegie. III. Polychaetous annelids. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 555: 29-59, 1 plate, 4 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10789918
page(s): 35, plate I figs. 16-17, plate II fig. 18 [details]   
Holotype  USNM 20084, geounit North Pacific  
Holotype USNM 20084, geounit North Pacific [details]
Note East of Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific Ocean...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality East of Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific Ocean (24.03°, -145.55°). [details]
Depth range 50-100 m below the water surface, in the water column.  
Depth range 50-100 m below the water surface, in the water column. [details]

Distribution Atlantic and Pacific oceans (pelagic).  
Distribution Atlantic and Pacific oceans (pelagic). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet distorta is a Latin participle meaning 'twisted' or 'contorted', and refers presumably to the...  
Etymology The specific epithet distorta is a Latin participle meaning 'twisted' or 'contorted', and refers presumably to the "distortion of the [type] specimen" (Treadwell, 1943: 35). [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.  
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Alciopa distorta Treadwell, 1943. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336063 on 2024-03-29
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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original description Treadwell, A.L. (1943). Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie during 1928-1929 under Command of Captain J.P. Ault. Biology - IV. Biological results of the last cruise of the Carnegie. III. Polychaetous annelids. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 555: 29-59, 1 plate, 4 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10789918
page(s): 35, plate I figs. 16-17, plate II fig. 18 [details]   

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145
page(s): 247, 277; note: as Naiades cantrainii; holotype not seen by O. Hartman [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 20084, geounit North Pacific [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 50-100 m below the water surface, in the water column. [details]

Distribution Atlantic and Pacific oceans (pelagic). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet distorta is a Latin participle meaning 'twisted' or 'contorted', and refers presumably to the "distortion of the [type] specimen" (Treadwell, 1943: 35). [details]

Habitat Pelagic, found between 50-100 m below the water surface. [details]

Holotype Deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA (USNM 20084). [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]

Type locality East of Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific Ocean (24.03°, -145.55°). [details]