WoRMS taxon details

Typosyllis (Typosyllis) stellaepolaris Hartmann-Schröder, 1993

332278  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332278)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1993). Die Polychaeten der "Polarstern" -Reise ANTX/1b zur Antarktischen Halbinsel und Isla de los Estados (Feuerland, Argentinien) 1991. Teil 1: Polynoidae bis Iphitimidae. <em>Mitteilungen aus den Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 90: 127-150.
page(s): 135, figs. 7-11 [details]   
Holotype  ZSM P-21204, geounit Argentinean part of the...  
Holotype ZSM P-21204, geounit Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, southwestern section,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, southwestern section, Argentina, Isla de los Estados (Staten Island; 54º55.780'S, 65º02.567ºW).  [details]
Depth range 190 m.  
Depth range 190 m. [details]

Distribution Southwest Atlantic, Le Maire Strait, near Isla de los Estados.   
Distribution Southwest Atlantic, Le Maire Strait, near Isla de los Estados.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet stellaepolaris seems to make reference to the Stella Polaris, Polaris or Pole Star. However it is not...  
Etymology The specific epithet stellaepolaris seems to make reference to the Stella Polaris, Polaris or Pole Star. However it is not clear why a species from the southern hemisphere is named after a star which is visible only in the northern hemisphere.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Typosyllis (Typosyllis) stellaepolaris Hartmann-Schröder, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332278 on 2024-04-24
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original description Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1993). Die Polychaeten der "Polarstern" -Reise ANTX/1b zur Antarktischen Halbinsel und Isla de los Estados (Feuerland, Argentinien) 1991. Teil 1: Polynoidae bis Iphitimidae. <em>Mitteilungen aus den Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 90: 127-150.
page(s): 135, figs. 7-11 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype ZSM P-21204, geounit Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 190 m. [details]

Distribution Southwest Atlantic, Le Maire Strait, near Isla de los Estados.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet stellaepolaris seems to make reference to the Stella Polaris, Polaris or Pole Star. However it is not clear why a species from the southern hemisphere is named after a star which is visible only in the northern hemisphere.  [details]

Habitat On fine sand, stones, calcareous algae, bryozoans and hydrozoans. [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, southwestern section, Argentina, Isla de los Estados (Staten Island; 54º55.780'S, 65º02.567ºW).  [details]