RAMS taxon details
Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885
131520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131520)
accepted
Species
Axionice spinifera (Ehlers, 1908) · unaccepted
Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [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): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131520 on 2026-08-06
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131520 on 2026-08-06
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original description
McIntosh, W.C. [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): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.20 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 186-187, fig. 76 [details]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907 [details]
additional source Levenstein, R. Ya. (1964). [Polychaetous annelids of the families Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from the Antarctic and Subantarctic]. <em>Biological Reprints of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Studies of Marine Fauna.</em> 2(10): 168-184. [details]
redescription 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 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 454-457, plate LI figs. 1-2, plate XXVIIA fig. 34, plate XXXVIIIA fig. 2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.20 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 186-187, fig. 76 [details]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907 [details]
additional source Levenstein, R. Ya. (1964). [Polychaetous annelids of the families Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from the Antarctic and Subantarctic]. <em>Biological Reprints of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Studies of Marine Fauna.</em> 2(10): 168-184. [details]
redescription 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 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885; syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3535359)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista mirabilis (1) 47136)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista mirabilis 47136)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista spinifera (1) 57830) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista spinifera 57830) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885; syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3535359)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista mirabilis (1) 47136)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista mirabilis 47136)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista spinifera (1) 57830) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista spinifera 57830) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Pista spinifera (Ehlers, 1908))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
