Polychaeta name details
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Annelida. pp. 215-222. <i>In</i>: Jeffreys, John Gwyn. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 25(173): 177-230, plates 2-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43410688 page(s): 218-219 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Annelida. pp. 215-222. <i>In</i>: Jeffreys, John Gwyn. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 25(173): 177-230, plates 2-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43410688 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1921.5.1.2392, geounit North Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1785 fathoms (= about 3265 m). [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution North Atlantic Ocean (55.1667°, -25.9667°). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet arctica is a Latin adjective meaning 'northern' or 'arctica', and refers presumably to the septentrional position of the type locality in the Atlantic, close to the Arctic Ocean [details]
Habitat Globigerina-ooze, at bathyal depths. According to McIntosh in Jeffreys (1876: 219), concerning Tachytrypane jeffreysi and Tachytrypane arctica: "Both species had the intestinal canal filled with fine Globigerina-mud; so that in all probability they live in this easily penetrated medium, after the manner of their congeners in the sand." [details]
Taxonomic remark The species was published as new twice. First in McIntosh in Jeffreys (1876: 218-219), as Tachytrypane arctica, and later in McIntosh (1878: 505), as Ammotrypanella arctica. [details]
Type locality North Atlantic Ocean (55.1667°, -25.9667°), 1785 fathoms (about 3265 m), Globigerina-ooze. [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHM 1921.5.1.2392). [details]
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