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Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars. 375: 1-140.
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Day, John H.
1973
New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina
NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars
375: 1-140
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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Over 6,000 polychaete worms belonging to 229 species were collected on a transect running from the sandy shore near Beaufort. N.C., to the upper part of the continental slope in 200 m. Eleven more species were collected from the shores of Beaufort Sound and from grab samples in 400, 600, and 3,020 m off North Carolina. The whole collection includes 19 new species, 2 new subspecies, and 16 new records for the United States. These have been described. An examination of the literature revealed that a further 83 species had been recorded by earlier workers so that a total of 323 species of polychaete worms are now known from North Carolina. Keys have been constructed to cover the whole fauna, all original records have been listed, and references to good descriptions of each species are given. During the course of the work several type specimens were examined and this has resulted in certain changes in nomenclature and the redefinition of certain genera in the families Orbiniidae, Flabelligeridae, and Ampharetidae.
North-western Atlantic
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Holotype USNM 43118, geounit North Carolina Shelf, identified as Notomastus americanus Day, 1973
Paratype USNM 43119, geounit North Carolina Shelf, identified as Notomastus americanus Day, 1973
Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf, identified as Orbinia americana Day, 1973
 Depth range
 for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

Low water to about 200 m. [details]
 Depth range
 for Orbinia americana Day, 1973

122 m. [details]
 Depth range
 for Polycirrus eximius dubius Day, 1973

18 m. [details]
 Depth range
 for Syllis (Typosyllis) regulata carolinae Day, 1973

20 m. [details]
 Depth range
 for Travisia parva Day, 1973

19-80 m. [details]
 Description
 for Scolaricia typica Eisig, 1914

Description by Day (1973: 84-86), based on specimens from Marseille: "Length up to 150 mm for 250 segments. ... [details]
 Dimensions
 for Orbinia americana Day, 1973

Holotype (USNM 43138): 10 mm long, for 38 segments (incomplete). [details]
 Distribution
 for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

Atlantic Ocean: from Massachusetts to North Carolina (USA). [details]
 Distribution
 for Orbinia americana Day, 1973

Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
 Distribution
 for Polycirrus eximius dubius Day, 1973

Atlantic Ocean: off Beaufort (North Carolina, USA). [details]
 Distribution
 for Syllis (Typosyllis) regulata carolinae Day, 1973

Atlantic coast of USA: North Carolina. [details]
 Distribution
 for Travisia parva Day, 1973

North Carolina Shelf, Northwest Atlantic. [details]
 Editor's comment
 for Serpula vermicularis granulosa Marenzeller, 1884

Vittor & Johnson's (1977) record from the Bahamas is erroneous, and probably should be attributed to Crucigera ... [details]
 Etymology
 for Notomastus americanus Day, 1973

The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, America.  [details]
 Etymology
 for Orbinia americana Day, 1973

The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America.  [details]
 Etymology
 for Polycirrus eximius dubius Day, 1973

Not stated. The subspecific epithet dubius is a Latin adjective meaning 'doubtful', and refers presumably to the ... [details]
 Etymology
 for Syllis (Typosyllis) regulata carolinae Day, 1973

The subspecific epithet carolinae referes to the type locality of the subspecies, North Carolina (USA).  [details]
 Etymology
 for Travisia parva Day, 1973

The specific epithet parva refers probably to the size of the worm when compared with the other species of Travisia ... [details]
 Habitat
 for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

In thicky muddy tubes of Sabaco elongatus (Verrill, 1873) (as Maldanopsis elongata), and on muddy and sandy ... [details]
 Habitat
 for Orbinia americana Day, 1973

Medium sand, at shelf depths. [details]
 Habitat
 for Polycirrus eximius dubius Day, 1973

On coral, at shallow depths. [details]
 Habitat
 for Syllis (Typosyllis) regulata carolinae Day, 1973

Shelly sand, at shallow shelf depths. [details]
 Habitat
 for Travisia parva Day, 1973

Coarse to fine sand, at shelf depths. [details]
 Specimen
 for Notomastus americanus Day, 1973

Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM). [details]
 Synonymy
 for Eclysippe Eliason, 1955

Day (1964:118) tentatively placed Eclysippe in Samythella Verrill, and later (1973:113) confirmed this synonymy. ... [details]
 Synonymy
 for Lysippe vanelli Fauvel, 1936

See notes on genus Eclysippe for comments on status of L. vanelli. Day (1973:115) doubted L. vanelli is the same ... [details]
 Synonymy
 for Paraspio Czerniavsky, 1881

Foster (1971) is one source for treatment of Paraspio as synonym of Spio. Day (1973: 76) also states (in text ... [details]
 Taxonomic remark
 for Lumbricalus dayi Frame, 1992

Lumbricalus dayi is a new name proposed by Frame (1992) for Lumbrineris januarii sensu Day, 1973. [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Hydroides uncinata (Phillipi, 1844)

Zibrowius (1968:109) treated H. uncinata as valid when he described his new taxon H. pseudouncinata, but later ... [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Samythella eliasoni Day, 1973

Day claimed to be renaming Eclysippe vanelli sensu Eliason (1955) as Samythella eliasoni, but his taxon was based ... [details]
 Type locality
 for Dentatisyllis carolinae (Day, 1973)

Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, off Beaufort (34º34'N, 76º25'W). [details]
 Type locality
 for Notomastus americanus Day, 1973

Atlantic Ocean. North Carolina, off Beaufort. [details]
 Type locality
 for Orbinia americana Day, 1973

Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast of USA (34.3833°, -75.9167°). [details]
 Type locality
 for Polycirrus eximius dubius Day, 1973

Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast of USA (34.7236°, -75.4389°; geocoordinates from Glasby & Hutchings, ... [details]
 Type locality
 for Samythella eliasoni Day, 1973

off Beaufort, North Carolina, 34.37 -75.85, 190 m [details]
 Type locality
 for Syllis (Typosyllis) regulata carolinae Day, 1973

Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, off Beaufort (34º34'N, 76º25'W).  [details]
 Type locality
 for Travisia parva Day, 1973

Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, off Beaufort. [details]
 Type material
 for Orbinia americana Day, 1973

Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 43138). [details]
 Type material
 for Polycirrus eximius dubius Day, 1973

Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 43130). [details]
 Type material
 for Torquea eximia Leidy, 1855

According to Day (1973: 123), "Leidy's type of Torquaea [sic] eximia has been lost. [details]
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