Deep-Sea taxon details
Anobothrus paleatus Hilbig, 2000
326462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326462)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Note off Point Sal, Santa Maria Basin, California....
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Type locality off Point Sal, Santa Maria Basin, California. 34°52’46” N, 121°15’22” W; depth 492 m; R/V Swan, Sta. 36, CAMP exped.; 7 Jan. 1984; USNM 186792. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Anobothrus paleatus Hilbig, 2000. 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=326462 on 2026-04-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anobothrus paleatus Hilbig, 2000. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326462 on 2026-04-28
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Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
taxonomy source Chávez-López, Yessica; Alvestad, Tom; Moore, Jenna M. (2025). A review of Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884, restricted, with reinstatement of Anobothrella Hartman, 1967 and Melythasides Desbruyères, 1978, and redescription of seven species (Annelida, Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5601(2): 201-245., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5601.2.1
page(s): 227, figures 13-14; note: redescription from holotype and paratypes. Suggested removal of Anobothrus wakatakamaruae Imajima, 2009 and A nataliae from synonymy. See those names for details [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Chávez-López, Yessica; Alvestad, Tom; Moore, Jenna M. (2025). A review of Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884, restricted, with reinstatement of Anobothrella Hartman, 1967 and Melythasides Desbruyères, 1978, and redescription of seven species (Annelida, Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5601(2): 201-245., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5601.2.1
page(s): 227, figures 13-14; note: redescription from holotype and paratypes. Suggested removal of Anobothrus wakatakamaruae Imajima, 2009 and A nataliae from synonymy. See those names for details [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Editor's comment Authorship is Hilbig alone. Removed unnecessary "In Blake Hilbig & Scott" from authorship line as originally entered. [details]Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM 186792) [details]
Type locality off Point Sal, Santa Maria Basin, California. 34°52’46” N, 121°15’22” W; depth 492 m; R/V Swan, Sta. 36, CAMP exped.; 7 Jan. 1984; USNM 186792. [details]
