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Spio aequalis Ehlers, 1904
332050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332050)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 40-42, plate V figs. 18-21, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 40-42, plate V figs. 18-21, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
Note Waitangi, Chatham Island, New Zealand, South...
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Type locality Waitangi, Chatham Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -43.95°, -176.56°). [details]
Depth range Not stated in the original description, shore according to Glasby & Read (1998: 351).
Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Chatham Island.
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet aequalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'similar', 'equal' or 'uniform', and may refer to...
Depth range Not stated in the original description, shore according to Glasby & Read (1998: 351). [details]
Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Chatham Island.
Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Chatham Island. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet aequalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'similar', 'equal' or 'uniform', and may refer to...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet aequalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'similar', 'equal' or 'uniform', and may refer to the parapodia of the species, stated to the be uniformly shaped through the whole length of the species: "Die zweiästigen Ruder sind an allen Segmenten gleichförmig gestaltet und tragen alle Kiemen; die Unterschiede an ihnen sind nur quantitativer Art" (Ehlers, 1904: 41). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spio aequalis Ehlers, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332050 on 2024-11-09
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original description
Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 40-42, plate V figs. 18-21, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Augener, Hermann. (1926). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXXIV. Polychaeta III. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 81: 157-294.
page(s): 164 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Blake, James A. (1984). Four new species of Spionidae (Polychaeta) from New Zealand, with comments on a syntype of <i>Spio aequalis</i> Ehlers from Chatham Island. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(1): 148-159., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553466
page(s): 155-156, fig. 4; note: redescription based on supposed syntype. However, the material is not that described by Ehlers [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 40-42, plate V figs. 18-21, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Augener, Hermann. (1926). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXXIV. Polychaeta III. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 81: 157-294.
page(s): 164 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Blake, James A. (1984). Four new species of Spionidae (Polychaeta) from New Zealand, with comments on a syntype of <i>Spio aequalis</i> Ehlers from Chatham Island. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(1): 148-159., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553466
page(s): 155-156, fig. 4; note: redescription based on supposed syntype. However, the material is not that described by Ehlers [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NHMUK 1908.5.9.6, geounit Chatham Island, Galapagos [details]
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Depth range Not stated in the original description, shore according to Glasby & Read (1998: 351). [details]Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Chatham Island. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet aequalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'similar', 'equal' or 'uniform', and may refer to the parapodia of the species, stated to the be uniformly shaped through the whole length of the species: "Die zweiästigen Ruder sind an allen Segmenten gleichförmig gestaltet und tragen alle Kiemen; die Unterschiede an ihnen sind nur quantitativer Art" (Ehlers, 1904: 41). [details]
Habitat Not stated in the original description, shore according to Glasby & Read (1998: 351). [details]
Type locality Waitangi, Chatham Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -43.95°, -176.56°). [details]
