WoRMS taxon details
Ophryotrocha akessoni Blake, 1985
330194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330194)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 87-90, figs. 12A-E, 13A-D [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 87-90, figs. 12A-E, 13A-D [details] Available for editors
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Note Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift zone
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift zone [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha akessoni Blake, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330194 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 87-90, figs. 12A-E, 13A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 87-90, figs. 12A-E, 13A-D [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Zhang, Dongsheng; Zhou, Yadong; Yen, Nicole; Hiley, Avery S.; Rouse, Greg W. (2023). Ophryotrocha (Dorvilleidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, with the description of five new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 864(1): 167–194., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2101
page(s): 175, figure 3; note: description as O. cf. akessoni from specimens from Southern East Pacific Rise, German Flats Vent Field. [details]
page(s): 175, figure 3; note: description as O. cf. akessoni from specimens from Southern East Pacific Rise, German Flats Vent Field. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift zone [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vent Worm Project: JW_10_27_2014)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vent Worm Project: JW_10_27_2014)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (13 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 81839)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vent Worm Project: JW_10_27_2014)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vent Worm Project: JW_10_27_2014)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (13 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 81839)
