Deep-Sea taxon details
Potamethus scotiae (Pixell, 1913)
174621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174621)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Pixell, Helen L. M. 1913. Polychaeta of the families Serpulidae and Sabellidae, collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 49(2): 347-358,1plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41767634 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Potamethus scotiae (Pixell, 1913). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174621 on 2026-09-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Potamethus scotiae (Pixell, 1913). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174621 on 2026-09-06
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(of ) Pixell, Helen L. M. 1913. Polychaeta of the families Serpulidae and Sabellidae, collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 49(2): 347-358,1plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41767634 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamethus scotiae USNM 57455 specimen "b" lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamethus scotiae USNM 57455 specimen "b" ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (15 records)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamethus scotiae USNM 57455 specimen "b" lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamethus scotiae USNM 57455 specimen "b" ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (15 records)
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