WoRMS name details
Pentacirrus julianae Wesenberg-Lund, 1958
330455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330455)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (probable juvenile)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1958). Lesser Antillean polychaetes chiefly from brackish waters, with a survey and a bibliography of fresh and brackish water polychaetes. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 8: 1-41., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506173
page(s): 22-23; note: one specimen [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 22-23; note: one specimen [details] Available for editors

Holotype NBCN registration number unknown, possibly...
, Note Western shore of Flamingo Pond, Simson Bay...
Holotype NBCN registration number unknown, possibly lost, geounit Saint Martin [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Western shore of Flamingo Pond, Simson Bay Lagoon, Saint Martin (Sint Maarten" Dutch, "Saint-Martin" French), northeast Caribbean Sea. Flamingo Pond ( approx 18.0437°, -63.1132°) is no longer a name in use as the location as sampled in 1949 is now infilled, no longer aquatic. The sample station appears to have been under the site of the current terminal building of the Princess Juliana International Airport (named in 1944), ironic as the species is named for Queen Juliana. The Hartman catalogue (1959) wrongly lists the type locality of Pentacirrus juliana as the island of Curacao [details]
Type material possibly lost. Wesenberg-Lund states the material from the project is mainly at Naturalis: "The greater part of the material has been presented to the State Museum of Natural History, Leiden; a few specimens have been deposited in the University Zoological Museum at Copenhagen, the British Museum (Natural History), the U.S. National Museum, the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam and at the Carribbean Marine-Biological Institute on Curacao." [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour of Queen Juliana (Netherlands queen from 1948 to 1980)
Etymology The species is named in honour of Queen Juliana (Netherlands queen from 1948 to 1980) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pentacirrus julianae Wesenberg-Lund, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330455 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1958). Lesser Antillean polychaetes chiefly from brackish waters, with a survey and a bibliography of fresh and brackish water polychaetes. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 8: 1-41., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506173
page(s): 22-23; note: one specimen [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 22-23; note: one specimen [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Magalhães, Wagner F.; Seixas, Victor Corrêa; Paiva, Paulo Cesar; Elias, Rodolfo. (2014). The Multitentaculate Cirratulidae of the Genera Cirriformia and Timarete (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Shallow Waters of Brazil. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(11): e112727., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0112727
page(s): 8; note: authors' comment: "Pentacirrus julianae Wesenberg-Lung, 1958 described from the Lesser Antilles was not included as it needs to be revised and the type may be a juvenile individual; distribution of fe...
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page(s): 8; note: authors' comment: "Pentacirrus julianae Wesenberg-Lung, 1958 described from the Lesser Antilles was not included as it needs to be revised and the type may be a juvenile individual; distribution of fe...
authors' comment: "Pentacirrus julianae Wesenberg-Lung, 1958 described from the Lesser Antilles was not included as it needs to be revised and the type may be a juvenile individual; distribution of feeding tentacles in two rows above several segments resembles those in Protocirrineris species although curved spines are present."
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Holotype NBCN registration number unknown, possibly lost, geounit Saint Martin [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species is named in honour of Queen Juliana (Netherlands queen from 1948 to 1980) [details]Type locality Western shore of Flamingo Pond, Simson Bay Lagoon, Saint Martin (Sint Maarten" Dutch, "Saint-Martin" French), northeast Caribbean Sea. Flamingo Pond ( approx 18.0437°, -63.1132°) is no longer a name in use as the location as sampled in 1949 is now infilled, no longer aquatic. The sample station appears to have been under the site of the current terminal building of the Princess Juliana International Airport (named in 1944), ironic as the species is named for Queen Juliana. The Hartman catalogue (1959) wrongly lists the type locality of Pentacirrus juliana as the island of Curacao [details]
Type material possibly lost. Wesenberg-Lund states the material from the project is mainly at Naturalis: "The greater part of the material has been presented to the State Museum of Natural History, Leiden; a few specimens have been deposited in the University Zoological Museum at Copenhagen, the British Museum (Natural History), the U.S. National Museum, the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam and at the Carribbean Marine-Biological Institute on Curacao." [details]
Type specimen Based on a single imperfect probable juvenile of 2 mm length, with several branchiae missing. Perhaps indeterminable. There appear to be no further occurrences recorded yet. [details]