WoRMS name details
Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962
129748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129748)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 269-271, fig. 18a-h [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 269-271, fig. 18a-h [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak
, Note Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58º30'N,...
Holotype ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58º30'N, 10º26'E), 300 m, in grey mud. [details]
Depth range 235-478 m.
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea.
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet polyonyx is composed by the Greek words poly, meaning 'many', and onyx, meaning...
Depth range 235-478 m. [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea.
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea. [details]
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet polyonyx is composed by the Greek words poly, meaning 'many', and onyx, meaning...
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet polyonyx is composed by the Greek words poly, meaning 'many', and onyx, meaning 'claw', and refers presumably to the numerous neuropodial compound hooks present in the anterior segments, which blades, moreover, become larger posteriorly rather than shorter. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129748 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 269-271, fig. 18a-h [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 269-271, fig. 18a-h [details] Available for editors
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Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2616-2617 [details]
page(s): 2616-2617 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source López, Eduardo; Olivier, Frederic; Grant, Cindy; Archambault, Philippe. (2017). A new species and four new records of sedentary polychaetes from the Canadian High Arctic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(8): 1685-1694., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315416000953
note: description and record for Northern Baffin Bay [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 López, Eduardo; Olivier, Frederic; Grant, Cindy; Archambault, Philippe. (2017). A new species and four new records of sedentary polychaetes from the Canadian High Arctic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(8): 1685-1694., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315416000953
note: description and record for Northern Baffin Bay [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Nontype Private Dr. Eliason's collection, geounit Bergen [details]
Paratype ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Norway [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 235-478 m. [details]Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea. [details]
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet polyonyx is composed by the Greek words poly, meaning 'many', and onyx, meaning 'claw', and refers presumably to the numerous neuropodial compound hooks present in the anterior segments, which blades, moreover, become larger posteriorly rather than shorter. [details]
Habitat In mud and sand-mixed clay, between 235-478 m. [details]
Type locality Skagerrak, NE Atlantic Ocean (58º30'N, 10º26'E), 300 m, in grey mud. [details]
