Polychaeta name details
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426 page(s): 15-17, Pl. I fig. 4, Pl. IA figs. 10-13 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
new combination reference
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf page(s): 102; note: as Chloenopsis atlantica [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.11, geounit Central Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1525 fathoms (= about 2789 m). [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: south of the Canary Islands, off the Western Sahara. [details]
Etymology Not stated, the specific epithet atlantica refers obviously to the type locality, the Atlantic Ocean. [details]
Habitat Hard ground, adhering to the sponge Poliopogon amadou Thomson, 1877, growing on the calcareous axis of a dead Corallium, coated with peroxide of manganese, at bathyal depths. [details]
Taxonomy In creating Chloenopsis Fauchald, 1977 (and the content of the first version of this WoRMS record as created by him) appears to have treated Chloenea as used by McIntosh as a new genus name pre-occupied by Chloenea Kinberg, thus a homonynm needing a replacement name. This was not correct. However, Chloenopsis may be valid simply as a new genus for Chloenea sensu McIntosh and C. atlantic McIntosh, 1885, which is not a Chloeia (according to Fauchald, 1977) [details]
Type locality South of the Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean (25.75°, -20.23°). [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHM 1885.12.1.11). [details]
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