WoRMS name details
Autolytus planipalpus Chamberlin, 1919
327063 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327063)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Autolytus Grube, 1850 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
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): 170-172, plate 20 fig. 4, plate 21 figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 170-172, plate 20 fig. 4, plate 21 figs. 1-2 [details]
Holotype USNM 19335, geounit Gilbert Islands , Note Pacific Ocean, Kiribati, northern Gilbert...
Holotype USNM 19335, geounit Gilbert Islands [details]
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Type locality Pacific Ocean, Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands, off Apaiang (= Abaiang) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 1.675º, long. 172.992º); surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]
Type material Holotype of Autolytus planipalpus (USNM 19335) is a male stolon. [details]
Depth range Surface, taken at night by electric light.
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality.
Etymology The specific epithet planipalpus is composed by the Latin adjective planus, meaning 'flat', and the Latin noun palpus,...
Depth range Surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality.
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet planipalpus is composed by the Latin adjective planus, meaning 'flat', and the Latin noun palpus,...
Etymology The specific epithet planipalpus is composed by the Latin adjective planus, meaning 'flat', and the Latin noun palpus, meaning 'palp', and refers to the palps being "strongly flattened, thin, and very broad proximally" (Chamberlin, 1919: 170). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus planipalpus Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327063 on 2024-05-02
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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): 170-172, plate 20 fig. 4, plate 21 figs. 1-2 [details]
new combination reference Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 178-179, fig. 90A-E [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 170-172, plate 20 fig. 4, plate 21 figs. 1-2 [details]
new combination reference Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 178-179, fig. 90A-E [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 19335, geounit Gilbert Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet planipalpus is composed by the Latin adjective planus, meaning 'flat', and the Latin noun palpus, meaning 'palp', and refers to the palps being "strongly flattened, thin, and very broad proximally" (Chamberlin, 1919: 170). [details]
Habitat The only known specimen was collected at the surface, at night by electric night. It was a reproductive stolon, and the atokous form and its habitat are not known. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands, off Apaiang (= Abaiang) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 1.675º, long. 172.992º); surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]
Type material Holotype of Autolytus planipalpus (USNM 19335) is a male stolon. [details]
