Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea.
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea. [details]
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet polyonyx is composed by the Greek words poly, meaning 'many', and onyx, meaning...
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet polyonyx is composed by the Greek words poly, meaning 'many', and onyx, meaning 'claw', and refers presumably to the numerous neuropodial compound hooks present in the anterior segments, which blades, moreover, become larger posteriorly rather than shorter. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129748 on 2024-06-07
original descriptionEliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only). page(s): 269-271, fig. 18a-h [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
additional sourceLópez, Eduardo; Olivier, Frederic; Grant, Cindy; Archambault, Philippe. (2017). A new species and four new records of sedentary polychaetes from the Canadian High Arctic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(8): 1685-1694., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315416000953 note: description and record for Northern Baffin Bay [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceHartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceBellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescriptionBanse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253 page(s): 2616-2617 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]Nontype Private Dr. Eliason's collection, geounit Bergen [details]Paratype ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Norway [details]Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
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Depth range 235-478 m. [details] Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea. [details] Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet polyonyx is composed by the Greek words poly, meaning 'many', and onyx, meaning 'claw', and refers presumably to the numerous neuropodial compound hooks present in the anterior segments, which blades, moreover, become larger posteriorly rather than shorter. [details] Habitat In mud and sand-mixed clay, between 235-478 m. [details] Type locality Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58º30'N, 10º26'E), 300 m, in grey mud. [details]