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Polychaeta name detailsEreutho antarctica Willey, 1902
339618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339618)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Ereutho Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850
marine,
recent only
Willey, A. (1902). XII. Polychaeta In: Sharpe, B.; Bell, J. (eds). Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross",. pp. 262-283, plates 241-246. British Museum, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12554197
page(s): 281, plate XLII fig. 6, plate XLVI fig. 6 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1902.1.8.18, geounit Adare, Cape
Holotype NHMUK 1902.1.8.18, geounit Adare, Cape [details] type locality contained in Southern Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cape Adare, Victoria Land, Antarctica, Antarctic Ocean (gazetteer estimate using Carsten Borchegrevink's "Southern Cross" Expedition hut as reference: -71.3086° 170.1899°). [details]
Depth range Holotype collected ashore, washed up after a gale.
Depth range Holotype collected ashore, washed up after a gale. [details] Distribution Antarctic Ocean: Cape Adare (Victoria Land, Antarctica).
Distribution Antarctic Ocean: Cape Adare (Victoria Land, Antarctica). [details] Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet antarctica refers clearly to the type locality of the species, Antarctica.
Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet antarctica refers clearly to the type locality of the species, Antarctica. [details] Taxonomy Moved to a different genus.
Taxonomy Moved to a different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Ereutho antarctica Willey, 1902. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339618 on 2026-08-16
Date action by
original description
Willey, A. (1902). XII. Polychaeta In: Sharpe, B.; Bell, J. (eds). Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross",. pp. 262-283, plates 241-246. British Museum, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12554197
page(s): 281, plate XLII fig. 6, plate XLVI fig. 6 [details] source of synonymy Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1 page(s): 19, figs. 5a-e; note: Polycirrus insignis Gravier, 1905, as a new junior synonym of the species [details] Available for editors  [request]source of synonymy Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 page(s): 221; note: with Polycirrus kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) [details]   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1902.1.8.18, geounit Adare, Cape [details]
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Depth range Holotype collected ashore, washed up after a gale. [details]Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Willey (1902: 281): "Fasciculi setarum capillarium a segmento tertio incipientes in segmentis XI obvii." [details] Distribution Antarctic Ocean: Cape Adare (Victoria Land, Antarctica). [details] Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet antarctica refers clearly to the type locality of the species, Antarctica. [details] Habitat Collected ashore, further details not known. [details] Taxonomy Moved to a different genus. [details] Type locality Cape Adare, Victoria Land, Antarctica, Antarctic Ocean (gazetteer estimate using Carsten Borchegrevink's "Southern Cross" Expedition hut as reference: -71.3086° 170.1899°). [details] |