Deep-Sea name details
Praxilla abyssorum McIntosh, 1885
338754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338754)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Praxilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881
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): 408-409, plate XLVI figs. 10-11, plate XXXVII fig. 5, plate XXXIXA figs. 1, 10 [details]
page(s): 408-409, plate XLVI figs. 10-11, plate XXXVII fig. 5, plate XXXIXA figs. 1, 10 [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Praxilla abyssorum McIntosh, 1885. 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=338754 on 2026-08-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Praxilla abyssorum McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338754 on 2026-08-31
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original description
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): 408-409, plate XLVI figs. 10-11, plate XXXVII fig. 5, plate XXXIXA figs. 1, 10 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Huys, R. (2016). Enigmas from the past: M'Intosh's (1885) annelidicolous copepods from the voyage of <em>H.M.S. Challenger</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4174(1): 355-385., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4174.1.22
note: revision of ectoparasitic copepod, Praxillinicola kroyeri (M’Intosh, 1885), [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1966). Polychaeta Myzostomidae and Sedentaria of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 7: vii 1-158., available online at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/AR007 [details] Available for editors
status source Light, William J. H. (1991). Systematic revision of the genera of the polychaete subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson. <em>Ophelia, supplement.</em> 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 133-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004629745_015
page(s): 144; note: Light excludes Praxilla abyssorum from synonymy with Asychis victoriae as Benham, 1916 had apparently done (in any case junior synonymy would have been incorrect on priority) [details] Available for editors
page(s): 408-409, plate XLVI figs. 10-11, plate XXXVII fig. 5, plate XXXIXA figs. 1, 10 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Huys, R. (2016). Enigmas from the past: M'Intosh's (1885) annelidicolous copepods from the voyage of <em>H.M.S. Challenger</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4174(1): 355-385., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4174.1.22
note: revision of ectoparasitic copepod, Praxillinicola kroyeri (M’Intosh, 1885), [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1966). Polychaeta Myzostomidae and Sedentaria of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 7: vii 1-158., available online at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/AR007 [details] Available for editors
status source Light, William J. H. (1991). Systematic revision of the genera of the polychaete subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson. <em>Ophelia, supplement.</em> 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 133-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004629745_015
page(s): 144; note: Light excludes Praxilla abyssorum from synonymy with Asychis victoriae as Benham, 1916 had apparently done (in any case junior synonymy would have been incorrect on priority) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
