Deep-Sea source details
The polychaetous annelids of the east coast of North America remain largely unknown except through many early original descriptions. Verrill's checklist (1879) enumerated almost 200 species; the same list later annotated by R. Rathbun [unpublished] at the U. S. National Museum, lists a total of 263 species from this area; other names have been added between the years 1880 and 1910. Valuable contributions to the annelid literature of eastern America were made largely by Verrill (1873 to 1901), Webster (1879 to 1887), Webster and Benedict (1884 to 1887), Andrews (1891 to 1894), Moore (1894 to 1909), Bush (1904 to 1910), and others. Much of the older literature has been brought together in Verrill's "New England Annelida" (1882) and Sumner's "Biological Survey of the Woods Hole Area" (1913). Through these various studies, about 300 species have been described, or reported, from eastern North America; many, however, remain poorly known. Also, since 1900 the bulk of scientific literature on the polychaetous annelids has increased many fold; generic and specific refinements have been necessitated; many new species have been described from all parts of the world, and the affinities of faunas of widely scattered areas have been made the subject of intensive research. It has been greatly desired, therefore, to reidentify as many as possible of these older species, and to establish their affinities with those of other areas. In many instances this is now difficult without access to type specimens or authentically labelled materials. Most of such collections, if still extant, are believed to be stored in depositories in eastern America, largely in the National collections at Washington, D. C., the Peabody Museum of Natural History at New Haven, and the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.
Systematics, Taxonomy
Alentiana aurantiaca (Verrill, 1885) (new combination reference)
Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843 (additional source)
Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) (additional source)
Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) (additional source)
Eulalia bilineata (Johnston, 1840) (additional source)
Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Eulalia bilineata (Johnston, 1840) (source of synonymy)
Eumida sanguinea (Örsted, 1843) (additional source)
Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867) (source of synonymy)
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (source of synonymy)
Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900 (source of synonymy)
Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) (additional source)
Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) (additional source)
Notomastus filiformis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) (source of synonymy)
Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 (original description)
Orbiniinae Hartman, 1942 (original description)
Potamilla neglecta (Sars, 1851) (additional source)
Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (additional source)
Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Philippi, 1844) (additional source)
Check 'Editor's comment' under Orbiniidae concerning the utility of past Orbiniidae subfamilies. [details]
Check 'Editor's comment' under Orbiniidae concerning the utility of past Orbiniidae subfamilies. [details]
The species name originates from an apparent misidentification by Leidy (1855). Quatrefages (1866: 278) ... [details]
Hartman (1942: 57) replaced the family name Ariciidae with Orbiniidae (based on Orbinia), because of the junior ... [details]
Chaetobranchus Verrill, 1873 is a junior homonym to Chaetobranchus Heckel, 1840 (Pisces, Cichlidae). Thus Verrill ... [details]
Hartman (1942: 67) placed replacement name Cirratulus websteri Verrill 1900 (created by Verrill for homonym C ... [details]
Enoplobranchus is a replacement name for Chaetobranchus which is a junior homonym (Chaetobranchus in Pisces). ... [details]
recombination use (eg by Hartman - there are other usages) of an unreplaced primary homonym, therefore this name is ... [details]
Hartman (1942:57) replaced Ariciidae with Orbiniidae with this comment: "The name ORBINIIDAE is used in place of ... [details]
PMNH C-8, Peabody Museum, Yale University. Hartman (1942: 9) reports this is a slide, labelled as type, containing ... [details]
In Hartman (1942: 68) Cirratulus tenuis Verrill 1873 is placed as a synonym of Cirratulus grandis Verrill described ... [details]
Hartman (1942:87) states that "Metachone was distinguished from Chone Kroyer for having thoracic setae lacking a ... [details]
San Martín (1992) revised the type material and considered the species to be a synonym of Branchiosyllis exilis ... [details]
Current taxon was considered to be synonym with Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887 by Hartman (1942), but it was ... [details]
Zibrowius (1969) discussed H. serratus [sic for H. serrata] in passing as a synonym of H. diramapha, along with H. ... [details]
Bush (1905: 216) does not recombine Sabella picta into Chone, but she goes close. She suggests the species belongs ... [details]
The type material of the species seems to be lost or it was never deposited. It is not at the Smithsonian ... [details]
The type material of the species seems to be lost or it was never deposited. It is not at the Smithsonian ... [details]
From Maciolek (1984: 54): "The type specimen of Scolelepis viridis Verrill was sought at the Peabody Museum at Yale ... [details]
