WoRMS taxon details
Eurythoe heterotricha Potts, 1909
336249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336249)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Potts, Frank Armitage. (1909). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part I. The Amphinomidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 12(4): 355-371, plates 45-46., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26710816
page(s): 369-370, plate 45 figs. 16-17, plate 46 figs. 18-19 [details]
page(s): 369-370, plate 45 figs. 16-17, plate 46 figs. 18-19 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1924.3.1.84, geounit Maalhosmadulu...
, Type locality contained in Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Mahlos Atoll (= Maalhosmadulu Atoll), Maldive...
Holotype NHMUK 1924.3.1.84, geounit Maalhosmadulu Atholhu Uthuruburi [details]
type locality contained in Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range Not stated, unknown.
Distribution Indian Ocean: Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Malvines).
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterotricha is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning...
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered to be a junior synonym of a species listed. Fauvel (1953: 85) synonymized the species with...
Depth range Not stated, unknown. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Malvines).
Distribution Indian Ocean: Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Malvines). [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterotricha is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning...
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterotricha is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'different', and the combining form of Greek origin -tricha, meaning 'having hair' or 'haired', and refers presumably to the many different types of chaetae presented by the species (up to four different types). It could also be a reference to the unique and different setation of the species in relation to Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766), a close species to which it is compared throughout its description. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered to be a junior synonym of a species listed. Fauvel (1953: 85) synonymized the species with...
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered to be a junior synonym of a species listed. Fauvel (1953: 85) synonymized the species with Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912, but according to Borda et al. (2012: 320), "Fauvel’s (1953) referral of Eurythoe heterotricha to Amphinome [sic] parvecarunculata fails to account for significant differences in the caruncle". For this reason the species is here considered as valid. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Eurythoe heterotricha Potts, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336249 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Potts, Frank Armitage. (1909). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part I. The Amphinomidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 12(4): 355-371, plates 45-46., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26710816
page(s): 369-370, plate 45 figs. 16-17, plate 46 figs. 18-19 [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta
page(s): 85; note: with Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912 [details]
status source Borda, Elizabeth; Kudenov, Jerry D.; Bienhold, Christina; Rouse, Greg W. (2012). Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 41(3): 307-325., available online at http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00529.x
page(s): 320; note: species removed from synonymy with Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 369-370, plate 45 figs. 16-17, plate 46 figs. 18-19 [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta
page(s): 85; note: with Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912 [details]
status source Borda, Elizabeth; Kudenov, Jerry D.; Bienhold, Christina; Rouse, Greg W. (2012). Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 41(3): 307-325., available online at http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00529.x
page(s): 320; note: species removed from synonymy with Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1924.3.1.84, geounit Maalhosmadulu Atholhu Uthuruburi [details]
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Depth range Not stated, unknown. [details]Distribution Indian Ocean: Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Malvines). [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterotricha is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'different', and the combining form of Greek origin -tricha, meaning 'having hair' or 'haired', and refers presumably to the many different types of chaetae presented by the species (up to four different types). It could also be a reference to the unique and different setation of the species in relation to Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766), a close species to which it is compared throughout its description. [details]
Habitat Not specified. The single specimen found was associated with several individuals of Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered to be a junior synonym of a species listed. Fauvel (1953: 85) synonymized the species with Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912, but according to Borda et al. (2012: 320), "Fauvel’s (1953) referral of Eurythoe heterotricha to Amphinome [sic] parvecarunculata fails to account for significant differences in the caruncle". For this reason the species is here considered as valid. [details]
Type locality Mahlos Atoll (= Maalhosmadulu Atoll), Maldive Archipelago, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate 5.37°, 72.98°). [details]
Type material Holotype in the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1924.3.1.84). [details]
