WoRMS taxon details
Sigambra magnuncus Paterson & Glover, 2000
331925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331925)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Paterson, Gordon L.J.; Glover, Adrian G. (2000). A new species of <i>Sigambra</i> (Polychaeta, Pilargidae) from the abyssal plains of the NE Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology).</em> 66(2): 167-170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41005372
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Holotype NHMUK 2000.1852, geounit Porcupine Abyssal Plain
, Note Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Abyssal...
Holotype NHMUK 2000.1852, geounit Porcupine Abyssal Plain [details]
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Type locality Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Abyssal Plain (48º51.5'N, 16º29.6'W), 4844 m, sediment layer 1-3 cm. [details]
Depth range 3945-5597 m.
Distribution Atlantic abyssal plains of Porcupine, Tagus, Madeira, Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola.
Distribution [Summary from Meißner et al 2023 ] NE Atlantic: 4000–5085 m; S Atlantic, Angola and Brazil Basins, 5179–5495 m;...
Etymology The specific epithet magnuncus derives from the large conspicuous hooks on the notopodia (Latin magnus, 'large', and uncus,...
Depth range 3945-5597 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic abyssal plains of Porcupine, Tagus, Madeira, Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola.
Distribution Atlantic abyssal plains of Porcupine, Tagus, Madeira, Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola. [details]
Distribution [Summary from Meißner et al 2023 ] NE Atlantic: 4000–5085 m; S Atlantic, Angola and Brazil Basins, 5179–5495 m;...
Distribution [Summary from Meißner et al 2023 ] NE Atlantic: 4000–5085 m; S Atlantic, Angola and Brazil Basins, 5179–5495 m; Central Atlantic, Guinea Basin and Vema Fracture Zone, 3945–5735 m; SE Pacific, Peru Basin, 4078–4257 m. Molecular data confirm the distribution of Sigambra magnuncus for the Atlantic (Meteor Seamount deep sea, central Atlantic and Brazil and Guinea Basin) and the Pacific (Peru Basin) [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnuncus derives from the large conspicuous hooks on the notopodia (Latin magnus, 'large', and uncus,...
Etymology The specific epithet magnuncus derives from the large conspicuous hooks on the notopodia (Latin magnus, 'large', and uncus, 'hook'). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigambra magnuncus Paterson & Glover, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331925 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Paterson, Gordon L.J.; Glover, Adrian G. (2000). A new species of <i>Sigambra</i> (Polychaeta, Pilargidae) from the abyssal plains of the NE Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology).</em> 66(2): 167-170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41005372
page(s): 167-170, figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 167-170, figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors
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Meißner, Karin; Schwentner, Martin; Götting, Miriam; Knebelsberger, Thomas; Fiege, Dieter. (2023). Polychaetes distributed across oceans—examples of widely recorded species from abyssal depths of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> Efirst: 1-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad069
page(s): 11 of 39, figures 6A–J, 7A, B, 8A–H; note: description of specimens from central Atlantic Ocean, SW Atlantic Ocean, SE Pacific Ocean [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464
page(s): 376-378, figs. 113-116, appendix 1 [details]
page(s): 11 of 39, figures 6A–J, 7A, B, 8A–H; note: description of specimens from central Atlantic Ocean, SW Atlantic Ocean, SE Pacific Ocean [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464
page(s): 376-378, figs. 113-116, appendix 1 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 2000.1852, geounit Porcupine Abyssal Plain [details]
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Depth range 3945-5597 m. [details]Distribution Atlantic abyssal plains of Porcupine, Tagus, Madeira, Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola. [details]
Distribution [Summary from Meißner et al 2023 ] NE Atlantic: 4000–5085 m; S Atlantic, Angola and Brazil Basins, 5179–5495 m; Central Atlantic, Guinea Basin and Vema Fracture Zone, 3945–5735 m; SE Pacific, Peru Basin, 4078–4257 m. Molecular data confirm the distribution of Sigambra magnuncus for the Atlantic (Meteor Seamount deep sea, central Atlantic and Brazil and Guinea Basin) and the Pacific (Peru Basin) [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnuncus derives from the large conspicuous hooks on the notopodia (Latin magnus, 'large', and uncus, 'hook'). [details]
Habitat Abyssal depths, probably in soft sediments. [details]
Type locality Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Abyssal Plain (48º51.5'N, 16º29.6'W), 4844 m, sediment layer 1-3 cm. [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 11 [details]
