Deep-Sea name details
Praxilla nigrita Ehlers, 1874
331085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331085)
unaccepted (genus name replaced)
Species
Praxilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 297 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 297 [no figures] [details]
Note Rockall Trough, off Outer Hebrides, Scotland,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Rockall Trough, off Outer Hebrides, Scotland, NE Atlantic Ocean (59.5667°, -7.3°), 1189 m (Ehlers, 1874: "59° 34' lat. bor., 7° 18' long, occid., fundo 650 orgyiarum"). [details]
Depth range 1189 m (650 fathoms).
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Rockall Trough (off Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Known from the type locality.
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet nigrita is a Latin adjective meaning 'black', and refers...
Depth range 1189 m (650 fathoms). [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Rockall Trough (off Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Known from the type locality.
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Rockall Trough (off Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet nigrita is a Latin adjective meaning 'black', and refers...
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet nigrita is a Latin adjective meaning 'black', and refers obviously to the colour of the species, described as being black on a yellow background: "Color in spiritu fulvidus, in parte segmentorum incrassata nigritus" (Ehlers, 1874: 297), and "gelbem Grunde schwarz gezeichnete Wurm" (Ehlers, 1875: 63). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Praxilla nigrita Ehlers, 1874. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331085 on 2024-11-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Praxilla nigrita Ehlers, 1874. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331085 on 2024-11-20
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Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 297 [no figures] [details]
additional source Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254
page(s): 63-64, plate IV figs. 12-17 [details]
additional source Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 297 [no figures] [details]
additional source Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254
page(s): 63-64, plate IV figs. 12-17 [details]
additional source Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358
page(s): 22 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range 1189 m (650 fathoms). [details]Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Rockall Trough (off Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet nigrita is a Latin adjective meaning 'black', and refers obviously to the colour of the species, described as being black on a yellow background: "Color in spiritu fulvidus, in parte segmentorum incrassata nigritus" (Ehlers, 1874: 297), and "gelbem Grunde schwarz gezeichnete Wurm" (Ehlers, 1875: 63). [details]
Habitat Globigerina ooze with a significant admixture of sand, at bathyal depths (1189 m). [details]
Type locality Rockall Trough, off Outer Hebrides, Scotland, NE Atlantic Ocean (59.5667°, -7.3°), 1189 m (Ehlers, 1874: "59° 34' lat. bor., 7° 18' long, occid., fundo 650 orgyiarum"). [details]
