World Polychaeta Database - Themis raisae (Pettibone, 1989)

Polychaeta taxon details

Themis raisae (Pettibone, 1989)

AphiaID

1783178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1783178)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Themis Hiley & Rouse in Hiley, Koch & Rouse, 2024

Original name

Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989

Synonymised names

Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989) Pettibone, M.H. (1989). New species of scale-worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift-area of the Mariana Back-Arc Basin in the western central Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 102(1): 137-153., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606728 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989)...

Holotype (of Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989) USNM 118362, geounit Northern Mariana Islands [details]

, Type locality contained in Mariana Trough

type locality contained in Mariana Trough [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Themis raisae (Pettibone, 1989). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1783178 on 2026-01-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-12-11 02:47:37Z

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Wilson, Robin

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original description (of Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989) Pettibone, M.H. (1989). New species of scale-worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift-area of the Mariana Back-Arc Basin in the western central Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 102(1): 137-153., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606728 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989) USNM 118362, geounit Northern Mariana Islands [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 118362) (from synonym Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989)