Deep-Sea taxon details
Parasabella torulis (Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985)
530937 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530937)
accepted
Species
Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985) Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Walker, A.J.M. (1985). Two new species of <i>Demonax</i> (Sabellidae:Polychaeta) from Liverpool Bay. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 19(3): 605-612., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938500770361 [details] Available for editors 
Holotype (of Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker,...
Holotype (of Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985), geounit Liverpool Bay [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Parasabella torulis (Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985). 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=530937 on 2026-07-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Parasabella torulis (Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530937 on 2026-07-13
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(of Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985) Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Walker, A.J.M. (1985). Two new species of <i>Demonax</i> (Sabellidae:Polychaeta) from Liverpool Bay. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 19(3): 605-612., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938500770361 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
new combination reference Tovar-Hernández, María Ana ; Harris, Leslie, H. 2010: Parasabella Bush, 1905, replacement name for the polychaete genus Demonax Kinberg, 1867 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellidae). ZooKeys 60: 13–19. , available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.60.547
page(s): 16 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
new combination reference Tovar-Hernández, María Ana ; Harris, Leslie, H. 2010: Parasabella Bush, 1905, replacement name for the polychaete genus Demonax Kinberg, 1867 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellidae). ZooKeys 60: 13–19. , available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.60.547
page(s): 16 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985), geounit Liverpool Bay [details]
To NHMUK collection (Demonax torulis Knight-Jones and Walker, 1985; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538962) (from synonym Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Demonax torulis Knight-Jones & Walker, 1985)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
