Polychaeta taxon details
Chauvinelia biscayensis Laubier, 1974
327432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327432)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubier, L. (1974). <i>Chauvinelia biscayensis</i> gen. sp. nov., un Flabelligeridae (annélide polychète sédentaire) aberrant de l'étage abyssal du Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 99(3): 391-399., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1974/publication-5146.pdf
page(s): 392-396, figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 392-396, figs. 1-2 [details]
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1263, geounit Bay of Biscay
, Note Northeast Atlantic, Bay of Biscay, off...
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1263, geounit Bay of Biscay [details]
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Type locality Northeast Atlantic, Bay of Biscay, off northern Spain, dragage DS28 (44º24'N, 04º49'W), 4455 m. [details]
Depth range 4455 m.
Distribution Northeast Atlantic, Bay of Biscay. Known only from the type locality.
Etymology The specific epithet biscayensis is composed by the toponym 'Biscay' followed by the Latin suffix -ensis, meaning 'of' or...
Depth range 4455 m. [details]
Distribution Northeast Atlantic, Bay of Biscay. Known only from the type locality.
Distribution Northeast Atlantic, Bay of Biscay. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet biscayensis is composed by the toponym 'Biscay' followed by the Latin suffix -ensis, meaning 'of' or...
Etymology The specific epithet biscayensis is composed by the toponym 'Biscay' followed by the Latin suffix -ensis, meaning 'of' or 'from a place', and makes referece to the type locality of the species, the Bay of Biscay. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Chauvinelia biscayensis Laubier, 1974. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327432 on 2025-04-16
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Laubier, L. (1974). <i>Chauvinelia biscayensis</i> gen. sp. nov., un Flabelligeridae (annélide polychète sédentaire) aberrant de l'étage abyssal du Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 99(3): 391-399., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1974/publication-5146.pdf
page(s): 392-396, figs. 1-2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Laubier, L. (1974). <i>Chauvinelia biscayensis</i> gen. sp. nov., un Flabelligeridae (annélide polychète sédentaire) aberrant de l'étage abyssal du Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 99(3): 391-399., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1974/publication-5146.pdf [details]
redescription Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Gillet, P.; Carrera-Parra, L.F. (2007). Revision of <i>Chauvinelia</i>, redescriptions of <i>Flabelliseta incrusta</i>, and <i>Helmetophorus rankini</i>, and their recognition as acrocirrids (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(02): 465-477., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054501
page(s): 471-473, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 392-396, figs. 1-2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Laubier, L. (1974). <i>Chauvinelia biscayensis</i> gen. sp. nov., un Flabelligeridae (annélide polychète sédentaire) aberrant de l'étage abyssal du Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 99(3): 391-399., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1974/publication-5146.pdf [details]
redescription Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Gillet, P.; Carrera-Parra, L.F. (2007). Revision of <i>Chauvinelia</i>, redescriptions of <i>Flabelliseta incrusta</i>, and <i>Helmetophorus rankini</i>, and their recognition as acrocirrids (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(02): 465-477., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054501
page(s): 471-473, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1263, geounit Bay of Biscay [details]
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Depth range 4455 m. [details]Diagnosis ''Chauvinelia with cylindrical palps. Cephalic hood margin papillose, dorsally entire, ventrally with a median rounded lobe'' (Salazar-Vallejo et al., 2007: 471). [details]
Distribution Northeast Atlantic, Bay of Biscay. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet biscayensis is composed by the toponym 'Biscay' followed by the Latin suffix -ensis, meaning 'of' or 'from a place', and makes referece to the type locality of the species, the Bay of Biscay. [details]
Habitat Kirkegaard (1982: 256) considered all the species belonging to the genus Chauvinelia as being bathypelagic or epibenthic. Salazar-Vallejo et al. (2007: 469) considered them as being bathypelagic. [details]
Holotype Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 1263. [details]
Type locality Northeast Atlantic, Bay of Biscay, off northern Spain, dragage DS28 (44º24'N, 04º49'W), 4455 m. [details]
