WoRMS taxon details
Abyssocapitella Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2000
325675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325675)
accepted
Genus
Abyssocapitella commensalis Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2000 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Buzhinskaja, Galina Nikolaevna; Smirnov, Roman Vladimirovich. (2000). <i>Abyssocapitella commensalis</i> gen. et sp. n. associated with the deep-sea pogonophore <i>Spirobrachia leospira</i> Gureeva, 1975 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(3): 171-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.1999.10409425
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Type species Abyssocapitella commensalis Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2000. [details]
Etymology The generic name refers to the depth of the locality where the genus was originally found, and its similarity to the genus...
Etymology The generic name refers to the depth of the locality where the genus was originally found, and its similarity to the genus Capitella. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Abyssocapitella Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325675 on 2025-03-02
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Nomenclature
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Buzhinskaja, Galina Nikolaevna; Smirnov, Roman Vladimirovich. (2000). <i>Abyssocapitella commensalis</i> gen. et sp. n. associated with the deep-sea pogonophore <i>Spirobrachia leospira</i> Gureeva, 1975 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(3): 171-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.1999.10409425
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Diagnosis Thorax with achaetous peristomium and 4 setigerous segments. First setiger complete with notopodia and neuropodia. Setigers 1-4 with capillary notosetae and neuropodial hooded hooks. Abdominal setigers with hooded hooks only, except for notopodia of setiger 5, which sometimes bears both capillaries and hooks. Branchiae and nephridial papillae absent. Pygidium simple lobe, without cirri. [details]Etymology The generic name refers to the depth of the locality where the genus was originally found, and its similarity to the genus Capitella. [details]
Type species Abyssocapitella commensalis Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2000. [details]
