World Register of Deep-Sea species - Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata Blake, 2000

Deep-Sea taxon details

Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata Blake, 2000

AphiaID

329359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329359)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Methanoaricia Blake, 2000

Parent

Methanoaricia Blake, 2000

Original name

Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata Blake, 2000

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Blake, James A. (2000). A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 41(4): 435-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.84F1D61E
page(s): 440-442, figs. 1A-B, 2A-H [details] Available for editors

Type data

Holotype USNM 186776, geounit Gulf of Mexico

Holotype USNM 186776, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]

, Note Gulf of Mexico, USA, Louisiana, Green Canyon

Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Louisiana, Green Canyon [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Dendro, from the Greek dendrion for tree, referring to the branched nature of the branchiae; branchos, Greek for gill.

Etymology Dendro, from the Greek dendrion for tree, referring to the branched nature of the branchiae; branchos, Greek for gill. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata Blake, 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=329359 on 2026-08-21

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata Blake, 2000. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329359 on 2026-08-21

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 Blake, James A. (2000). A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 41(4): 435-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.84F1D61E
page(s): 440-442, figs. 1A-B, 2A-H [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]

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]