Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online athttps://bit.ly/31jOeWn page(s): 72, figure 2A-F [details] Available for editors [request]
Note Galapagos rift vents, East Pacific Ocean
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Type locality Galapagos rift vents, East Pacific Ocean [details]
Etymology modified from Latin noun 'arista' meaning hair, with feminine adjectival ending
Etymology modified from Latin noun 'arista' meaning hair, with feminine adjectival ending [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Galapagomystides aristata Blake, 1985. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328065 on 2024-07-10
original descriptionBlake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online athttps://bit.ly/31jOeWn page(s): 72, figure 2A-F [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
redescriptionPearson, Kaila A. M.; Rouse, Greg W. (2022). Vampire Worms; A revision of Galapagomystides (Phyllodocidae, Annelida), with the description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5128(4): 451-485., available online athttps://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5128.4.1 page(s): 463, figures 8-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology sourceJenkins, Cheryl D.; Ward, Megan E.; Turnipseed, Mary; Osterberg, Joshua; Dover, Cindy Lee. (2005). The digestive system of the hydrothermal vent polychaete Galapagomystides aristata (Phyllodocidae): evidence for hematophagy?. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 121(3): 243-254., available online athttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00064.x note: suspected to be a blood sucker, but authors were unable to conclusively establish this [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology modified from Latin noun 'arista' meaning hair, with feminine adjectival ending [details] Type locality Galapagos rift vents, East Pacific Ocean [details]
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Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]