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Polychaeta name detailsRhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885
1580282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1580282)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (prematurely published in the Challenger narrative, but a name unused in the McIntosh monograph)
Species
marine,
recent only
Tizard, T.H., Moseley H.N., Buchanan J.Y. & Murray J. (1885). Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, with a general account of the scientific results of the Expedition. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> 1(1-2): i-liv, 1-1110, figs. 1-340, pls. a-n, 1-35, maps, tabs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49431318
page(s): 634, no figure; note: named as a new genus and species in the Challenger narrative, but the McIntosh monograph assigned the sole specimen from station 151 to Phyllocomus crocea Grube [details] 
Description p. 634: "Amongst the Ampharetidae the Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans produced some curious new types, such as...
Description p. 634: "Amongst the Ampharetidae the Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans produced some curious new types, such as Rhynchoscaphia antarctica, n. gen. and sp., from Station 151, a form in which the snout is flattened and broadly spathulate as well as devoid of tentacles. Traces of four branchial processes are present arid there are fifteen pairs of bristle-bundles." [details] Status Rhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard et al, 1885 is prematurely named as a new genus and species in the Challenger...
Status Rhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard et al, 1885 is prematurely named as a new genus and species in the Challenger narrative, but the McIntosh 1885 monograph assigned the sole specimen from station 151 to Phyllocomus crocea Grube, 1877 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Rhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1580282 on 2026-10-05
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original description
Tizard, T.H., Moseley H.N., Buchanan J.Y. & Murray J. (1885). Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, with a general account of the scientific results of the Expedition. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> 1(1-2): i-liv, 1-1110, figs. 1-340, pls. a-n, 1-35, maps, tabs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49431318
page(s): 634, no figure; note: named as a new genus and species in the Challenger narrative, but the McIntosh monograph assigned the sole specimen from station 151 to Phyllocomus crocea Grube [details] From editor or global species database
Description p. 634: "Amongst the Ampharetidae the Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans produced some curious new types, such as Rhynchoscaphia antarctica, n. gen. and sp., from Station 151, a form in which the snout is flattened and broadly spathulate as well as devoid of tentacles. Traces of four branchial processes are present arid there are fifteen pairs of bristle-bundles." [details]Status Rhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard et al, 1885 is prematurely named as a new genus and species in the Challenger narrative, but the McIntosh 1885 monograph assigned the sole specimen from station 151 to Phyllocomus crocea Grube, 1877 [details] |