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Polychaeta taxon details

Prionospio branchilucida Altamira, Glover & Paterson in Paterson et al., 2016

871993  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:871993)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New <em>Prionospio</em> and <em>Aurospio</em> Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(1): 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.1
page(s): 11 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  NHMUK 2015: 1118, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone  
Holotype NHMUK 2015: 1118, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
Note Kaplan Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone East...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Kaplan Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone East Site, East Pacific, 14.9308 -119.0495, 4076 m [details]
Distribution recorded from the Central Pacific, the Equatorial Pacific (EqPac), and the Madeira and Cap Verde Abyssal Plains in the...  
Distribution recorded from the Central Pacific, the Equatorial Pacific (EqPac), and the Madeira and Cap Verde Abyssal Plains in the Northeast Atlantic. Bathymetric distribution ranges from 4800 m to 5041 m [details]

Etymology Authors: "branchia — a gill and lucida — meaning clear, referring to the transparency of the first pair of
branchiae."  
Etymology Authors: "branchia — a gill and lucida — meaning clear, referring to the transparency of the first pair of
branchiae." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio branchilucida Altamira, Glover & Paterson in Paterson et al., 2016. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871993 on 2024-04-23
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2016-03-17 02:13:06Z
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original description Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New <em>Prionospio</em> and <em>Aurospio</em> Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(1): 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.1
page(s): 11 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (CCZ) Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New <em>Prionospio</em> and <em>Aurospio</em> Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(1): 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NHMUK 2015: 1118, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Diagnostic features are two pairs of branchiae on chaetigers 2 and 3, sabre chaetae lacking, dorsal crests from chaetiger 7, neuropodial hooded hooks from chaetiger 11. [details]

Distribution recorded from the Central Pacific, the Equatorial Pacific (EqPac), and the Madeira and Cap Verde Abyssal Plains in the Northeast Atlantic. Bathymetric distribution ranges from 4800 m to 5041 m [details]

Etymology Authors: "branchia — a gill and lucida — meaning clear, referring to the transparency of the first pair of
branchiae." [details]

Type locality Kaplan Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone East Site, East Pacific, 14.9308 -119.0495, 4076 m [details]