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Polychaeta name details

Polybrachia capillaris Southward, 1959

766750  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766750)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Southward, Eve C. (1959). Two new species of Pogonophora from the north-east Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 38(03): 439-444., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006858 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  BMNH 1960.10.1.3, geounit Bay of Biscay  
Holotype BMNH 1960.10.1.3, geounit Bay of Biscay [details]
Note Bay of Biscay, off N Spanish coast, 43.7167°...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bay of Biscay, off N Spanish coast, 43.7167° -4.0333°, 1244-1774 m (converted from 680-970 fathoms) [details]
Type material Southward (1959) fails to point to the holotype specimen in her account but she says the type is from the station collected off Spain. The specimen lot from that station contained 12 specimens. The location is Bay of Biscay, off N Spanish coast, 43.7167° -4.0333°, 1244-1774 m (converted from 680-970 fathoms) [details]
Etymology author: "The tubes [of Polybrachia capillaris] are dark chestnut brown and look very much like hairs; the specific name...  
Etymology author: "The tubes [of Polybrachia capillaris] are dark chestnut brown and look very much like hairs; the specific name capillaris refers to this likeness" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polybrachia capillaris Southward, 1959. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766750 on 2024-04-20
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original description Southward, Eve C. (1959). Two new species of Pogonophora from the north-east Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 38(03): 439-444., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006858 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy Ivanov, A. V. [Artemij Vasilevich], 1963. Pogonophora. Academic Press, London, pp.479.(Trans. and ed. and additions by Carlisle, D. B., additional material by Southward, E. C.).  [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype BMNH 1960.10.1.3, geounit Bay of Biscay [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "The tubes [of Polybrachia capillaris] are dark chestnut brown and look very much like hairs; the specific name capillaris refers to this likeness" [details]

Type locality Bay of Biscay, off N Spanish coast, 43.7167° -4.0333°, 1244-1774 m (converted from 680-970 fathoms) [details]

Type material Southward (1959) fails to point to the holotype specimen in her account but she says the type is from the station collected off Spain. The specimen lot from that station contained 12 specimens. The location is Bay of Biscay, off N Spanish coast, 43.7167° -4.0333°, 1244-1774 m (converted from 680-970 fathoms) [details]