Deep-Sea source details
This paper records the Errant Polychaeta collected by the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Details of this expedition are to be found in the account by Knox (1957) listed at the end of this paper. Additional material from the Chatham Islands in the collections of the Dominion Museum, Wellington, and the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, has been examined, as well as the polychaetes from "Discovery II" Sta. 2733 on the Chatham Rise.
I would like to express my thanks to all members of the expedition, and in particular to Dr Elizabeth Batham and Dr R. K. Dell, who assisted in the collection and preservation of the specimens. A grant from the University of Canterbury Council enabled me to visit the British Museum to compare much of the material discussed in this paper with the collections housed there. As will be seen this enabled many points of synonymy to be cleared up. My work at the British Museum was facilitated by the friendly assistance of the officers of the Museum, particularly Mr Norman Tebble, to whom I offer my sincere thanks. A period was also spent at the Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, with Dr Olga Hartman, to whom I also express my gratitude for the assistance given. Much of the comparative material, from widespread localities throughout New Zealand, used in the preparation of this account was collected on field trips financed by grants from the Research Committee of the University of New Zealand. For this assistance I am very grateful.
New Zealand
Eunoe iphionoides McIntosh, 1885 (additional source)
Harmothoe crosetensis (McIntosh, 1885) (additional source)
Lagisca kermadecensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Antinoe kermadecensis (McIntosh, 1885) (source of synonymy)
Lepidonotus ambigua Knox, 1960 (original description)
Neanthes articulata Knox, 1960 (original description)
Nereimyra blacki Knox, 1960 accepted as Oxydromus blacki (Knox, 1960) (original description)
Panthalis novaezealandiae Knox, 1960 (original description)
Syllis (Typosyllis) tristanensis Day, 1954 accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 (basis of record)
Syllis tristanensis Day, 1954 accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 (new combination reference)
Original diagnosis by Knox (1060: 105): "Palps fused at the base, an occipital flap present, antennae and cirri ... [details]
Southern Pacific Ocean: Chatham Islands (Hanson Bay). Known only fro the type locality. [details]
South Pacific: Mernoo Bank (off east New Zealand); Hanson Bay (Chatham Island); The Sisters (Chatham Islands). [details]
Port Jackson (New South Wales), Australia. Later the species has been recorded from the New Zealand region (eg ... [details]
Both McIntosh's and Knox's specimens have weak cephalic peaks, unlike the Antinoe type, and the elytra of Knox's ... [details]
Not stated by the author. The generic name Eudontosyllis refers likely to the presence of "a large, blunt, ... [details]
Not explicitly stated in the original decription. The specific epithet aciculata is a New Latin adjective meaning ... [details]
Coarse bryozoan and mollusc shell sands, and limestone, intertidal to circalittoral depths. [details]
Nomen nudum. Was to appear in a Knox manuscript "A review of the genus Aglaophamus (Polychaeta : Nephthyidae)" but ... [details]
Nomen nudum. Was to appear in a Knox manuscript "A review of the genus Aglaophamus (Polychaeta : Nephthyidae)" but ... [details]
Knox (1960) combined a masculine noun, 'cirrus' to form the compound specific name. He did not use a commonly used ... [details]
The laconic suggested synonymy in Knox 1960 (where 'dicirris' is misspelled 'dicirrus') has nevertheless been ... [details]
Hanson Bay, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Southern Pacific Ocean (-44.0°, 176.35°). [details]
East of Forty Fours rocks, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, -44.06667, -175.3917, 238 m [details]
Off Owenga, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, 8 m, no geocoordinates given [details]
Antipodes Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Antipodes Islands only, with no Chatham Island occurrences. [details]
Chatham Rise, off New Zealand, near to and to the west of Chatham Islands, holotype -44.0667, -177.3167 (44 04' S, ... [details]
