WoRMS name details
Aparaonis abyssalis Hartman, 1965
326476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326476)
uncertain > nomen dubium (name published for a fragment of an opheliid, not a paraonid)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 135-136, plate 25 figs. a-b [details]
page(s): 135-136, plate 25 figs. a-b [details]
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit New England (USA)
, Note Atlantic Ocean off New England, abyssal plain...
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit New England (USA) [details]
Depth range 4436 m.
Distribution NW Atlantic, abyssal plain between New England and Bermuda. Known only from the type locality.
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'of or pertaining to an abyss', and refers to the habitat of...
Status Reuscher (2013: 198) reports that the holotype and only individual of Aparaonis abyssalis Hartman, 1965 is a broken...
Depth range 4436 m. [details]
Distribution NW Atlantic, abyssal plain between New England and Bermuda. Known only from the type locality.
Distribution NW Atlantic, abyssal plain between New England and Bermuda. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'of or pertaining to an abyss', and refers to the habitat of...
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'of or pertaining to an abyss', and refers to the habitat of the species, the abyssal plain between New England and Bermuda, where it was collected at an abyssal depth of 4436 m. [details]
Status Reuscher (2013: 198) reports that the holotype and only individual of Aparaonis abyssalis Hartman, 1965 is a broken...
Status Reuscher (2013: 198) reports that the holotype and only individual of Aparaonis abyssalis Hartman, 1965 is a broken specimen belonging to the family Opheliidae. Thus the genus and species are undetermined, and probably not new, even if the specimen can be reassigned in Opheliidae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aparaonis abyssalis Hartman, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326476 on 2024-11-09
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Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 135-136, plate 25 figs. a-b [details]
context source (Deepsea) Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299 [details]
status source Reuscher, Michael. (2013). Biodiversity, Ecology, and Natural History of Polychaetous Annelids from the Gulf of Mexico [unpublished for taxonomy]. <em>[ph.d. thesis].</em> Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 263 p.
page(s): 198; note: examined Aparaonis abyssalis and reported a broken specimen belonging to the family Opheliidae [details]
page(s): 135-136, plate 25 figs. a-b [details]
context source (Deepsea) Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299 [details]
status source Reuscher, Michael. (2013). Biodiversity, Ecology, and Natural History of Polychaetous Annelids from the Gulf of Mexico [unpublished for taxonomy]. <em>[ph.d. thesis].</em> Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 263 p.
page(s): 198; note: examined Aparaonis abyssalis and reported a broken specimen belonging to the family Opheliidae [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit New England (USA) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 4436 m. [details]Distribution NW Atlantic, abyssal plain between New England and Bermuda. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Editor's comment The species Aparaonis abyssalis Hartman, 1965 does not seem to belong to the family Paraonidae. It seems to be closer to the family Cirratulidae. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'of or pertaining to an abyss', and refers to the habitat of the species, the abyssal plain between New England and Bermuda, where it was collected at an abyssal depth of 4436 m. [details]
Habitat Abyssal plain, soft sediment at 4436 m. [details]
Status Reuscher (2013: 198) reports that the holotype and only individual of Aparaonis abyssalis Hartman, 1965 is a broken specimen belonging to the family Opheliidae. Thus the genus and species are undetermined, and probably not new, even if the specimen can be reassigned in Opheliidae. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean off New England, abyssal plain between New England and Bermuda (37.45, -68.6833), 4436 m. [details]
Type material Holotype deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
