Deep-Sea taxon details
Eusthenelais hibernica McIntosh, 1876
327919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327919)
accepted
Species
Parasthenelais hibernica (McIntosh, 1876) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1876). On the Annelida of the Porcupine Expeditions of 1869-1870. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 9: 395-416, plates LXXI-LXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28910974
page(s): 407, plate LXXIII figs. 4-5 [details]
page(s): 407, plate LXXIII figs. 4-5 [details]
Note Type locality NE Atlantic not fixed. Recorded...
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Type locality Type locality NE Atlantic not fixed. Recorded from two specimens, one taken off Galway, Ireland, one off Cape Sagres (Cape St Vincent), Portugal. Hartman catalogue records the type locality as Spain, but this is incorrect [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eusthenelais hibernica McIntosh, 1876. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327919 on 2026-05-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eusthenelais hibernica McIntosh, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327919 on 2026-05-16
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McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1876). On the Annelida of the Porcupine Expeditions of 1869-1870. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 9: 395-416, plates LXXI-LXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28910974
page(s): 407, plate LXXIII figs. 4-5 [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Gil, João; Sardá, Rafael. (1999). New records of Annelida Polychaeta for the Portuguese fauna (with comments on some already known species). <em>Arquivos do Museu Bocage, Nova Série.</em> 3(10): 287-336.
page(s): 308 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 224-228, fig. 5b-h; note: tentative synonymy with Sthenelais jeffreysi McIntosh, 1876 [details] Available for editors
redescription Barnich, Ruth; Van Haaren, Ton. (2021). Revision of <i>Sthenelais</i> Kinberg, 1856, <i>Fimbriosthenelais</i> Pettibone, 1971 and <i>Eusthenelais</i> McIntosh, 1876 (Polychaeta, Sigalionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 740: 138-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.740.1287
page(s): 162-165, fig. 8A-G; note: syntypes revised complemented with additional material; species considered as valid [details] Available for editors
page(s): 407, plate LXXIII figs. 4-5 [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Gil, João; Sardá, Rafael. (1999). New records of Annelida Polychaeta for the Portuguese fauna (with comments on some already known species). <em>Arquivos do Museu Bocage, Nova Série.</em> 3(10): 287-336.
page(s): 308 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 224-228, fig. 5b-h; note: tentative synonymy with Sthenelais jeffreysi McIntosh, 1876 [details] Available for editors
redescription Barnich, Ruth; Van Haaren, Ton. (2021). Revision of <i>Sthenelais</i> Kinberg, 1856, <i>Fimbriosthenelais</i> Pettibone, 1971 and <i>Eusthenelais</i> McIntosh, 1876 (Polychaeta, Sigalionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 740: 138-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.740.1287
page(s): 162-165, fig. 8A-G; note: syntypes revised complemented with additional material; species considered as valid [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Syntype According to Chambers and Muir (1997:171 the only syntype is from 53 15' N, 11 51' W (53.25° -11.85°) off Galway. They don't mention the Portugal location that McIntosh included (without making clear if he had the specimen from there in front of him). The syntype examined by Chambers & Muir is unidentifiable. [details]
Type locality Type locality NE Atlantic not fixed. Recorded from two specimens, one taken off Galway, Ireland, one off Cape Sagres (Cape St Vincent), Portugal. Hartman catalogue records the type locality as Spain, but this is incorrect [details]
