Deep-Sea taxon details
Perkinsiana assimilis (McIntosh, 1885)
1006765 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1006765)
accepted
Species
Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Sabellastarte assimilis (McIntosh, 1885) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
marine
recent only
(of Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
Holotype (of Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885) BMNH ZK...
Holotype (of Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885) BMNH ZK 1885.12.1.386, geounit Rio de la Plata [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Perkinsiana assimilis (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1006765 on 2026-10-12
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Perkinsiana assimilis (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1006765 on 2026-10-12
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(of Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
redescription Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; de León-González, Jesús Ángel; Bybee, David R. (2017). Sabellid worms from the Patagonian Shelf and Humboldt Current System (Annelida, Sabellidae): Phyllis Knight-Jones' and José María Orensanz's collections. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4283(1): 1-64., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4283.1.1
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 280-281, fig. 16A-H, J-K [no I]; note: recombined from Sabella; redescription based on holotype [details] Available for editors
status source Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 2003. A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaete: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(19): 2269-2301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120629
page(s): 2296; note: In connection with discussion of Sabellastarte assimilis confirms placement in Perkinsiana [details] Available for editors
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
redescription Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; de León-González, Jesús Ángel; Bybee, David R. (2017). Sabellid worms from the Patagonian Shelf and Humboldt Current System (Annelida, Sabellidae): Phyllis Knight-Jones' and José María Orensanz's collections. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4283(1): 1-64., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4283.1.1
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 280-281, fig. 16A-H, J-K [no I]; note: recombined from Sabella; redescription based on holotype [details] Available for editors
status source Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 2003. A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaete: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(19): 2269-2301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120629
page(s): 2296; note: In connection with discussion of Sabellastarte assimilis confirms placement in Perkinsiana [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885) BMNH ZK 1885.12.1.386, geounit Rio de la Plata [details]
