WoRMS taxon details

Ehlersiella atlantica McIntosh, 1885

327489  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327489)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 475-476, plate XXVIIIA figs. 26-27 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ehlersiella atlantica McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327489 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 475-476, plate XXVIIIA figs. 26-27 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System.  [details]   

basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Huys, R. (2016). Enigmas from the past: M'Intosh's (1885) annelidicolous copepods from the voyage of <em>H.M.S. Challenger</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4174(1): 355-385., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4174.1.22
note: notes on associated parasitic copepod Oestrella levinseni M’Intosh, 1885 (now = Melinnacheres) (Saccopsidae), [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Association McIntosh (1885:477) also described a copepod parasite he found attached on the Ehlersiella atlantica as Oestrella levinseni, now Melinnacheres levinseni [Poecilostomatoida: Saccopsidae] [details]

From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores [details]