WoRMS taxon details
Orbinia americana Day, 1973
157513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157513)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852
page(s): 89-90, fig. 12 c-g [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 89-90, fig. 12 c-g [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf
, Note Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast...
Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
Depth range 122 m.
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico.
Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America.
Depth range 122 m. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America.
Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Orbinia americana Day, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157513 on 2024-04-25
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original description
Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852
page(s): 89-90, fig. 12 c-g [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 89-90, fig. 12 c-g [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
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Depth range 122 m. [details]Dimensions Holotype (USNM 43138): 10 mm long, for 38 segments (incomplete). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America. [details]
Habitat Medium sand, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast of USA (34.3833°, -75.9167°). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 43138). [details]
