Deep-Sea name details
Sphaerodorum antarctica (McIntosh, 1885)
174772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174772)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded recombination; mandatory gender agreement requires 'antarcticum')
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ephesia antarctica 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): 361-362, plate XLIV fig. 5, plate XXIIA figs. 22-23 [details]
page(s): 361-362, plate XLIV fig. 5, plate XXIIA figs. 22-23 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodorum antarctica (McIntosh, 1885). 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=174772 on 2026-02-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sphaerodorum antarctica (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174772 on 2026-02-04
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(of Ephesia antarctica 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): 361-362, plate XLIV fig. 5, plate XXIIA figs. 22-23 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine 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
new combination reference Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 144-145, plate XLI figs.9-11 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 361-362, plate XLIV fig. 5, plate XXIIA figs. 22-23 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine 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
new combination reference Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 144-145, plate XLI figs.9-11 [details] Available for editors
