Deep-Sea taxon details
Amage levensteinae Jirkov, 2023
1722888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1722888)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jirkov, Igor A. (2023). On the Amagini (Annelida: Ampharetidae) of Moscow and St.-Petersburg collections with description of three new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(2): 180-204 [1 online table with supplementary data]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.20.2.04
page(s): 189-191, figs. 9-11 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 189-191, figs. 9-11 [details] Available for editors
Holotype SIO IO RAN, geounit South Pacific Ocean
, Note SW Pacific Ocean, E Macquarie Island...
Holotype SIO IO RAN, geounit South Pacific Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality SW Pacific Ocean, E Macquarie Island (-54.5667°, 159.5°), 5370-5410 m. [details]
Depth range 2880 – 7230 m.
Distribution Abyssal to upper hadal zone of the Pacific Ocean.
Etymology From Jirkov (2023: 191-192): "The species is named after Soviet polychaetologist Raisa Yakovlevna Levenstein, who found,...
Depth range 2880 – 7230 m. [details]
Distribution Abyssal to upper hadal zone of the Pacific Ocean.
Distribution Abyssal to upper hadal zone of the Pacific Ocean. [details]
Etymology From Jirkov (2023: 191-192): "The species is named after Soviet polychaetologist Raisa Yakovlevna Levenstein, who found,...
Etymology From Jirkov (2023: 191-192): "The species is named after Soviet polychaetologist Raisa Yakovlevna Levenstein, who found, but did not describe this species". [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amage levensteinae Jirkov, 2023. 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=1722888 on 2026-05-12
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amage levensteinae Jirkov, 2023. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1722888 on 2026-05-12
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Jirkov, Igor A. (2023). On the Amagini (Annelida: Ampharetidae) of Moscow and St.-Petersburg collections with description of three new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(2): 180-204 [1 online table with supplementary data]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.20.2.04
page(s): 189-191, figs. 9-11 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 189-191, figs. 9-11 [details] Available for editors
Holotype SIO IO RAN, geounit South Pacific Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2880 – 7230 m. [details]Distribution Abyssal to upper hadal zone of the Pacific Ocean. [details]
Etymology From Jirkov (2023: 191-192): "The species is named after Soviet polychaetologist Raisa Yakovlevna Levenstein, who found, but did not describe this species". [details]
Habitat Abyssal to upper hadal depths. [details]
Type locality SW Pacific Ocean, E Macquarie Island (-54.5667°, 159.5°), 5370-5410 m. [details]
