Deep-Sea name details
Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885
337888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337888)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
Holotype BMNH ZK 1885.12.1.386, geounit Rio de la Plata
, Note considerably offshore from Rio del Plata,...
Holotype BMNH ZK 1885.12.1.386, geounit Rio de la Plata [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality considerably offshore from Rio del Plata, Argentina -37.2833° -53.8667°, 1100 m. McIntosh and subsequent workers describe the location as near or off Buenos Aires, but it looks to be nearly 200 km off the coast [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885. 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=337888 on 2026-10-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337888 on 2026-10-08
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McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
note: to Sabellastarte (superseded recombination) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 488-489, plate XXIXA figs. 23-25 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
note: to Sabellastarte (superseded recombination) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH ZK 1885.12.1.386, geounit Rio de la Plata [details]
From editor or global species database
Holotype Knight-Jones (1983: 280) called the specimen she examined the holotype. However, McIntosh (1885: 488) had a least two specimens originally. Presumably only one remains. [details]Specimen BMNH ZK 1885.12.1.386 The Natural History Museum, London [details]
Type locality considerably offshore from Rio del Plata, Argentina -37.2833° -53.8667°, 1100 m. McIntosh and subsequent workers describe the location as near or off Buenos Aires, but it looks to be nearly 200 km off the coast [details]
