WoRMS name details
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341 page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387. page(s): 67-68 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1962. Zur Kenntnis der Nereiden Chiles (Polychaeta errantia), mit Beschreibung epitoker Stadien einiger Arten und der Jugendentwicklung von Perinereis vallata (Grube). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 168(11-12): 389-441. page(s): 408-409 [details]
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to <i>Leptonereis</i>, <i>Nicon</i>, and <i>Laeonereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 104: 1-53., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5689 page(s): 8-11, figs. 1-2; note: with Nicon maculata Kinberg, 1865 [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype SMNH 3863, geounit Burdwood Bank [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 137-150 m. [details]
Distribution South Atlantic Ocean (Falkland Islands) and Subantarctic areas. [details]
Etymology Species named after Professor Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (b. Lüneburg, 11 November 1835 - d. Göttingen, 31 December 1925), of the University of Göttingen, German zoologist and polychaetologist. [details]
Habitat Shell fragments and stones, at shelf depths (137-150 m). [details]
Taxonomy From Hartman (1953: 29): "Nicon loxechini Kinberg, 1866, goes to Platynereis magalhaensis (see Hartman, 1948, p. 60). I am proposing a new specific name , Nicon ehlersi, for the group in which paragnaths are totally lacking from the proboscis." [details]
Type locality Burdwood Bank, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean (-53.75°, -61.0°). [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (NRS 3863, 3 syntypes). [details]
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