WoRMS taxon details
original description
Averincev, V.G. (1980). <i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) iz Kanadskoi vpadiny. [<i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) from the Canadian Basin]. <em>Novoe v Sistematike Morskik Bespozvonochnykh. Zoologicheskyi Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR [New Developments in the Taxonomy of Marine Invertebrates, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences].</em> 25(33): 57-62. page(s): 57-59, figs. 1-8, map on page 60 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Averincev, V.G. (1980). <i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) iz Kanadskoi vpadiny. [<i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) from the Canadian Basin]. <em>Novoe v Sistematike Morskik Bespozvonochnykh. Zoologicheskyi Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR [New Developments in the Taxonomy of Marine Invertebrates, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences].</em> 25(33): 57-62. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin page(s): 346-347, figures 1-8 on page 346 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1982). New records of abyssal benthic polychaetes from the Polar Sea. <em>Steenstrupia.</em> 8(10): 253-260., available online at http://not online page(s): 254-257, fig. 1 [details]
redescription
Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Gillet, P.; Carrera-Parra, L.F. (2007). Revision of <i>Chauvinelia</i>, redescriptions of <i>Flabelliseta incrusta</i>, and <i>Helmetophorus rankini</i>, and their recognition as acrocirrids (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(02): 465-477., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054501 page(s): 469-471, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZIRAS 44278, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Nontype ZMUC 159, geounit Greenland Sea [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44279, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44280, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44281, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44282, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2300-3380 m. [details]
Diagnosis ''Chauvinelia with foliose palps. Cephalic hood margin entire dorsally and ventrally'' (Salazar-Vallejo et al., 2007: 471). [details]
Distribution Arctic Ocean: Canadian Arctic Basin; Greenland Sea. [details]
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet arctica refers to the type locality of the species, the Arctic Ocean. [details]
Habitat Kirkegaard (1982: 254-256) found the species in a sample from a ground of clay, sand, gravel and pebbles, with many empty shells, but considered all the species belonging to the genus Chauvinelia as being bathypelagic or epibenthic. Salazer-Vallejo et al. (2007: 469) considered all species included in the genus Chauvinelia as being bathypelagic. [details]
Type locality Canadian Basin of Arctic Ocean, approx 79°N 121° W, 3370 m. [details]
Type material Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg (Russia). [details]
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