Polychaeta taxon details
Amastigos caperatus Ewing & Dauer, 1981
157156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157156)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ewing, R. Michael and Dauer, Daniel M. 1981. A new species of Amastigos (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast of the United States with notes on the Capitellidae of the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608014
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1a-e [details]
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1a-e [details]
Holotype USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay
, Note Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean...
Holotype USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m.
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).
Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the...
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the...
Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the notopodial hoods, particularly in the abdomen. [details]
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Amastigos caperatus Ewing & Dauer, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157156 on 2025-04-01
Date
action
by
original description
Ewing, R. Michael and Dauer, Daniel M. 1981. A new species of Amastigos (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast of the United States with notes on the Capitellidae of the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608014
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1a-e [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1a-e [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
Nontype USNM 61109, geounit New York [details]
Paratype USNM 61108, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m. [details]Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the notopodial hoods, particularly in the abdomen. [details]
Habitat Subtidal clean fine to medium sands. [details]
Type locality Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean (37.1167°, -75.9833°), at 6.7 m, in clean medium sand. [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 61107) and paratypes (USNM 61108) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA). [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian [details]
