Deep-Sea taxon details
Fauveliopsis armata Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
333466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333466)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 37-38, plate 7 figs. g-i [details]
page(s): 37-38, plate 7 figs. g-i [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1160, geounit Oregon
, Note Continental slope off Oregon, NE Pacific Ocean...
Holotype LACM Poly 1160, geounit Oregon [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Continental slope off Oregon, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44º33.5'N, 125º04.6'W; finish ---), 2000 m, sandy silt. [details]
Type material Holotype (Poly 1160) and paratypes (Poly 1161) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
Depth range 403-2860 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: from off central Oregon to California (USA).
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. The specific epithet armata (masculine: armatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'armed' or 'armoured'....
Depth range 403-2860 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: from off central Oregon to California (USA).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: from off central Oregon to California (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. The specific epithet armata (masculine: armatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'armed' or 'armoured'....
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. The specific epithet armata (masculine: armatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'armed' or 'armoured'. It could refer to the presence of spines of similar thickness in both rami of the species, against notopodial spines being slenderer than the neuropodial ones, as in Fauveliopsis brevipoda Hartman, 1971, the species most similar to F. armata, according to Fauchald & Hancock (1981). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Fauveliopsis armata Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. 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=333466 on 2026-01-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Fauveliopsis armata Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333466 on 2026-01-20
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Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 37-38, plate 7 figs. g-i [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. and Petersen, Mary E. 2000. Family Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971. pages 31-46. IN: Blake, J. A.; Hilbig, B.; and Scott, P. Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7, The Annelida Part 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
page(s): 37-38, plate 7 figs. g-i [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. and Petersen, Mary E. 2000. Family Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971. pages 31-46. IN: Blake, J. A.; Hilbig, B.; and Scott, P. Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7, The Annelida Part 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM Poly 1160, geounit Oregon [details]
Nontype USNM 123144, geounit California [details]
Paratype LACM Poly 1161, geounit Oregon [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 403-2860 m. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: from off central Oregon to California (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. The specific epithet armata (masculine: armatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'armed' or 'armoured'. It could refer to the presence of spines of similar thickness in both rami of the species, against notopodial spines being slenderer than the neuropodial ones, as in Fauveliopsis brevipoda Hartman, 1971, the species most similar to F. armata, according to Fauchald & Hancock (1981). [details]
Habitat Silty sediments, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Continental slope off Oregon, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44º33.5'N, 125º04.6'W; finish ---), 2000 m, sandy silt. [details]
Type material Holotype (Poly 1160) and paratypes (Poly 1161) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
