WoRMS taxon details

Thelepus ambitus Glasby & Hutchings, 1987

332552  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332552)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (1987). A new species of <i>Thelepus</i> from Punta Arenas, Chile, together with a redescription of <i>Streblosoma comatus</i> (Grube) and <i>Thelepus pequenianus</i> Augener (Thelepinae: Terebellidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21(4): 977-986., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938700770591
page(s): 980-982, fig. 2a-i [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  ZIUU 625, geounit Punta Arenas  
Holotype ZIUU 625, geounit Punta Arenas [details]
Type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego  
type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego [details]
Note Punta Arenas, Chile, Straits of Magellan...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Punta Arenas, Chile, Straits of Magellan (gazetteer estimate -53.17°, -70.91°). [details]
Type material HOLOTYPE: UUZM 625 and PARATYPES: UUZM 625b, UUZM 625c [details]
Depth range Not stated in the original description, unknown.  
Depth range Not stated in the original description, unknown. [details]

Distribution Straits of Magellan: Chile (Punta Arenas). Atlantic Ocean: Tristan da Cunha; South Africa (Buffel's River); Namibia...  
Distribution Straits of Magellan: Chile (Punta Arenas). Atlantic Ocean: Tristan da Cunha; South Africa (Buffel's River); Namibia (Lüdertiz Bay). [details]

Etymology "The specific name ambitus, in Latin meaning encircling, refers to the arrangement of the uncini in almost complete loops...  
Etymology "The specific name ambitus, in Latin meaning encircling, refers to the arrangement of the uncini in almost complete loops in mid and posterior segments" (Glasby & Hutchings, 1987: 982). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus ambitus Glasby & Hutchings, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332552 on 2024-05-01
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (1987). A new species of <i>Thelepus</i> from Punta Arenas, Chile, together with a redescription of <i>Streblosoma comatus</i> (Grube) and <i>Thelepus pequenianus</i> Augener (Thelepinae: Terebellidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21(4): 977-986., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938700770591
page(s): 980-982, fig. 2a-i [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZIUU 625, geounit Punta Arenas [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated in the original description, unknown. [details]

Distribution Straits of Magellan: Chile (Punta Arenas). Atlantic Ocean: Tristan da Cunha; South Africa (Buffel's River); Namibia (Lüdertiz Bay). [details]

Etymology "The specific name ambitus, in Latin meaning encircling, refers to the arrangement of the uncini in almost complete loops in mid and posterior segments" (Glasby & Hutchings, 1987: 982). [details]

Habitat Not stated in the original description, unknown. [details]

Type locality Punta Arenas, Chile, Straits of Magellan (gazetteer estimate -53.17°, -70.91°). [details]

Type material HOLOTYPE: UUZM 625 and PARATYPES: UUZM 625b, UUZM 625c [details]