Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Jirkov, Igor A. (2018). Redescription of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) described by Nikita V. Kucheruk with the description of a new Amphicteis species from the North Pacific. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 15(1): 348-365., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_15/IZ_15_4_348_365 page(s): 356-361, figures 7A–I, 8K–P, 9A, 11A,B, table 2; note: Olyutorsky Bay, Bering Sea, Russia [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMMU [no registration published] Department of Hydrobiology, Moscow Lomonosov State University, HDMSU, geounit Kamchatka [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: Amphicteis nikiti is "named after Nikita Kucheruk". Nikita Valentovich Kucheruck (26.05.1949–23.12.2012), one-time Polychaeta taxonomist. [details]
Type locality No geographic placename given. Geolocation is Olyutorsky Bay, Bering Sea, N Kamchatka, Russia, Vitjaz station 600, 60.2333, 168.6 (60°14´ 168°36´ E) 77 m [details]
Type material No museum registration number is stated. The specimen came from Vitjaz station 600. Holotype is evidently in Department of Hydrobiology, Moscow Lomonosov State University [details]
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