Deep-Sea name details
Anobothrus antarctica Monro, 1939
336177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336177)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles C. A. (1939). Polychaeta. <em>B.A.N.Z.Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Ser. B Zoology and Botany.</em> 4(4): 87-156.
page(s): 139-140, fig. 22a-e [details] Available for editors
page(s): 139-140, fig. 22a-e [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Southern Ocean
, Note Anobothrus antarctica Monro (1939) was...
Elizabeth Land at 437 m depth (Holotype in BMNH 1941.3.3.125). [details] Type material Holotype in BMNH 1941.3.3.125. Anobothrus antarctica Monro (1939) was described from a single specimen from off Princess Elizabeth Land at 437 m depth. According to Chávez-López et al (2025: 234) the specimen ZMH-ANN-P19829 is not the holotype of A. antarctica, contrary to Jirkov’s (2009) indication in the caption of his figure 5. [details]
type locality contained in Southern Ocean [details]
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Type locality Anobothrus antarctica Monro (1939) was described from a single specimen from off PrincessElizabeth Land at 437 m depth (Holotype in BMNH 1941.3.3.125). [details] Type material Holotype in BMNH 1941.3.3.125. Anobothrus antarctica Monro (1939) was described from a single specimen from off Princess Elizabeth Land at 437 m depth. According to Chávez-López et al (2025: 234) the specimen ZMH-ANN-P19829 is not the holotype of A. antarctica, contrary to Jirkov’s (2009) indication in the caption of his figure 5. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Anobothrus antarctica Monro, 1939. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336177 on 2026-04-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anobothrus antarctica Monro, 1939. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336177 on 2026-04-28
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Monro, Charles C. A. (1939). Polychaeta. <em>B.A.N.Z.Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Ser. B Zoology and Botany.</em> 4(4): 87-156.
page(s): 139-140, fig. 22a-e [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary [details] Available for editors
redescription Jirkov, I. A. (2009). Revision of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) with modified thoracic notopodia. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. 5(2): 111-132 [text date 2008]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.05.2.03
page(s): 121, figure 5; note: redescription, including holotype, under the original genus name of Anobothrus, [details]
page(s): 139-140, fig. 22a-e [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary [details] Available for editors
redescription Jirkov, I. A. (2009). Revision of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) with modified thoracic notopodia. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. 5(2): 111-132 [text date 2008]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.05.2.03
page(s): 121, figure 5; note: redescription, including holotype, under the original genus name of Anobothrus, [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Grammatical gender As Anobothrus is masculine the species name should be Anobothrus antarcticus [details]Type locality Anobothrus antarctica Monro (1939) was described from a single specimen from off Princess
Elizabeth Land at 437 m depth (Holotype in BMNH 1941.3.3.125). [details]
Type material Holotype in BMNH 1941.3.3.125. Anobothrus antarctica Monro (1939) was described from a single specimen from off Princess Elizabeth Land at 437 m depth. According to Chávez-López et al (2025: 234) the specimen ZMH-ANN-P19829 is not the holotype of A. antarctica, contrary to Jirkov’s (2009) indication in the caption of his figure 5. [details]
