Deep-Sea taxon details
Eupolymnia insulana Chamberlin, 1919
1668808 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1668808)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 425-427, plate 79 figs. 12-13 [details]
page(s): 425-427, plate 79 figs. 12-13 [details]
Holotype USNM 19357, geounit Galapagos Islands
, Note Galapagos Islands, 4 miles S.E. of Hood Island...
Holotype USNM 19357, geounit Galapagos Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Galapagos Islands, 4 miles S.E. of Hood Island (= Española Island), Pacific Ocean (-1.5014°, -89.5833°), 549 m, bottom of broken shells and Globigerina ooze. [details]
Depth range 549 m.
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Etymology The specific epithet insulana is a Latin adjective meaning 'insular' or 'of or pertaining to an island', and refers clearly...
Depth range 549 m. [details]
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet insulana is a Latin adjective meaning 'insular' or 'of or pertaining to an island', and refers clearly...
Etymology The specific epithet insulana is a Latin adjective meaning 'insular' or 'of or pertaining to an island', and refers clearly to the type locality of the species, Hood or Española Island, in the Galapagos Archipelago. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eupolymnia insulana Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1668808 on 2026-08-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eupolymnia insulana Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1668808 on 2026-08-31
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original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 425-427, plate 79 figs. 12-13 [details]
page(s): 425-427, plate 79 figs. 12-13 [details]
Holotype USNM 19357, geounit Galapagos Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 549 m. [details]Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet insulana is a Latin adjective meaning 'insular' or 'of or pertaining to an island', and refers clearly to the type locality of the species, Hood or Española Island, in the Galapagos Archipelago. [details]
Habitat Broken shells and Globigerina ooze, at about 550 m. [details]
Type locality Galapagos Islands, 4 miles S.E. of Hood Island (= Española Island), Pacific Ocean (-1.5014°, -89.5833°), 549 m, bottom of broken shells and Globigerina ooze. [details]
