WoRMS taxon details
Asychis amphiglyptus abyssicolus Eliason, 1951
1466453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1466453)
accepted
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eliason, Anders. (1951). Polychaeta. <em>Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948.</em> 2(11): 130-148, plates 1-2.
page(s): 136, plate 1, figures 4-6; Text-figure 4; note: Abyssal equatorial Atlantic east of the Lesser Antilles as Asychis amphyglypta var. abyssicola [sic] n. var. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 136, plate 1, figures 4-6; Text-figure 4; note: Abyssal equatorial Atlantic east of the Lesser Antilles as Asychis amphyglypta var. abyssicola [sic] n. var. [details] Available for editors

Note Abyssal equatorial Atlantic, east of the...
Type locality Abyssal equatorial Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, 12.366667°, -52°, 5,033-5,044 m. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Asychis amphiglyptus abyssicolus Eliason, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1466453 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Eliason, Anders. (1951). Polychaeta. <em>Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948.</em> 2(11): 130-148, plates 1-2.
page(s): 136, plate 1, figures 4-6; Text-figure 4; note: Abyssal equatorial Atlantic east of the Lesser Antilles as Asychis amphyglypta var. abyssicola [sic] n. var. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 136, plate 1, figures 4-6; Text-figure 4; note: Abyssal equatorial Atlantic east of the Lesser Antilles as Asychis amphyglypta var. abyssicola [sic] n. var. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Light, William J. H. (1991). Systematic revision of the genera of the polychaete subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson. <em>Ophelia, supplement.</em> 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 133-146.
page(s): 140; note: listed by Light as a valid subspecies, but without further comment [details] Available for editors
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status source Light, William J.H. (1980). Revision of the subfamily Maldaninae (Polychaeta), with a review of the species referred to the genus <i>Asychis</i> Kinberg. <em>[thesis].</em> PhD Dissertation. The University of Arizona, Department of General Biology. 201 pp. [Abstract published in Dissertation Abstracts International 41(2): 439]., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10150/565473
page(s): 79-80; note: some differences (based on Eliason's description) from the nominate subspecies are given [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 140; note: listed by Light as a valid subspecies, but without further comment [details] Available for editors

status source Light, William J.H. (1980). Revision of the subfamily Maldaninae (Polychaeta), with a review of the species referred to the genus <i>Asychis</i> Kinberg. <em>[thesis].</em> PhD Dissertation. The University of Arizona, Department of General Biology. 201 pp. [Abstract published in Dissertation Abstracts International 41(2): 439]., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10150/565473
page(s): 79-80; note: some differences (based on Eliason's description) from the nominate subspecies are given [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Type locality Abyssal equatorial Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, 12.366667°, -52°, 5,033-5,044 m. [details]