WoRMS name details
Anaitides dubia Fauchald, 1972
326425 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326425)
unaccepted
Species
Anaitides Czerniavsky, 1882 accepted as Phyllodoce Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 44-46, plate 4 figs. a-b [details]
page(s): 44-46, plate 4 figs. a-b [details]
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Mexico
, Note 11 miles, 320° T. from Punta Piedras light,...
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
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Type locality 11 miles, 320° T. from Punta Piedras light, Isla San Juanito, western Mexico, Pacific Ocean (21°53'00''N, 106°49'00''W), 840 fathoms (about 1536.2 m). [details]
Depth range 1536.2 m.
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico.
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet dubia (masculine: dubius) is a Latin adjective meaning...
Depth range 1536.2 m. [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico. [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet dubia (masculine: dubius) is a Latin adjective meaning...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet dubia (masculine: dubius) is a Latin adjective meaning 'uncertain', and refers presumably to the doubts concerning the identity of the species, which "closely resembles A. mediopapillata (Moore, 1909 [...]) in the proportions of the body and the structure of parapodia and setae" (Fauchald, 1972: 45). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Anaitides dubia Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326425 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 44-46, plate 4 figs. a-b [details]
new combination reference Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 258; note: as Phyllodoce dubia [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 44-46, plate 4 figs. a-b [details]
new combination reference Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 258; note: as Phyllodoce dubia [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1536.2 m. [details]Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Mexico. [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet dubia (masculine: dubius) is a Latin adjective meaning 'uncertain', and refers presumably to the doubts concerning the identity of the species, which "closely resembles A. mediopapillata (Moore, 1909 [...]) in the proportions of the body and the structure of parapodia and setae" (Fauchald, 1972: 45). [details]
Habitat Bathyal depths. [details]
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (USA). [details]
Type locality 11 miles, 320° T. from Punta Piedras light, Isla San Juanito, western Mexico, Pacific Ocean (21°53'00''N, 106°49'00''W), 840 fathoms (about 1536.2 m). [details]
