Polychaeta name details
Ancistargis papillosus Jones, 1961
326440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326440)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Ancistargis Jones, 1961 accepted as Ancistrosyllis McIntosh, 1878
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jones, Meredith L. (1961). Two new polychaetes of the families Pilargidae and Capitellidae from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2049: 1-18., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3490
page(s): 3-9, figs. 1-14 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 3-9, figs. 1-14 [details] Available for editors

Holotype AMNH 3601, geounit Alligator Point
, Note Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, Franklin County,...
Holotype AMNH 3601, geounit Alligator Point [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, Franklin County, Alligator Harbor (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 29.808º, long. -84.858º), on sandy-silt bottom, at shallow water. [details]
Type material Holotype (AMNH 3601) and paratype (AMNH 3602) deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water.
Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Alligator Harbor (Franklin County, Florida, USA).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet papillosus is a Latin adjective, meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae', and presumably...
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Alligator Harbor (Franklin County, Florida, USA).
Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Alligator Harbor (Franklin County, Florida, USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet papillosus is a Latin adjective, meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae', and presumably...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet papillosus is a Latin adjective, meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae', and presumably refers to the papillae covering the body of the species, being strewn on the palpi, prostomium, and peristomium, more dense on the dorsum of the rest of the body, more sparse ventrally, and almost absent on the head region. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Ancistargis papillosus Jones, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326440 on 2025-04-06
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Jones, Meredith L. (1961). Two new polychaetes of the families Pilargidae and Capitellidae from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2049: 1-18., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3490
page(s): 3-9, figs. 1-14 [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Revision of the Pilargidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including descriptions of new species, and redescription of the pelagic <i>Podarmus ploa</i> Chamberlain (Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 118(3525): 155-207., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7759547
page(s): 170-172, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 3-9, figs. 1-14 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Revision of the Pilargidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including descriptions of new species, and redescription of the pelagic <i>Podarmus ploa</i> Chamberlain (Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 118(3525): 155-207., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7759547
page(s): 170-172, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors





Holotype AMNH 3601, geounit Alligator Point [details]
Paratype AMNH 3602, geounit Alligator Point [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Alligator Harbor (Franklin County, Florida, USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet papillosus is a Latin adjective, meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae', and presumably refers to the papillae covering the body of the species, being strewn on the palpi, prostomium, and peristomium, more dense on the dorsum of the rest of the body, more sparse ventrally, and almost absent on the head region. [details]
Habitat Sandy-silt bottoms of coastal lagoons, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, Franklin County, Alligator Harbor (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 29.808º, long. -84.858º), on sandy-silt bottom, at shallow water. [details]
Type material Holotype (AMNH 3601) and paratype (AMNH 3602) deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA). [details]