World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amphicteis uncopalea Chamberlin, 1919

Deep-Sea taxon details

Amphicteis uncopalea Chamberlin, 1919

AphiaID

326348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326348)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphicteis Grube, 1850

Original name

Amphicteis uncopalea Chamberlin, 1919

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 448-450, plate 76 figs. 5-6, plate 77 fig. 4 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean

type locality contained in Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]

, Note Pacific Ocean off western Mexico

Type locality Pacific Ocean off western Mexico [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphicteis uncopalea Chamberlin, 1919. 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=326348 on 2026-07-12

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphicteis uncopalea Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326348 on 2026-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 448-450, plate 76 figs. 5-6, plate 77 fig. 4 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Type locality Pacific Ocean off western Mexico [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	ヒゲカザリゴカイ	[details]

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)