WoRMS name details
Sabellides fulva Ehlers, 1874
338645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338645)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
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]
Type locality contained in Central North Atlantic
, Note Celtic Sea, SW Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean...
type locality contained in Central North Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Celtic Sea, SW Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean (49.0167°, -11.9333°), 1019 m (Ehlers, 1874: "49° 1' lat. bor., 11° 56' long, occid., fundo 557 orgyiarum"). [details]
Depth range 1019 m (557 fathoms).
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland). Known from the type locality.
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet fulva is a Latin adjective meaning 'reddish-yellow',...
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Depth range 1019 m (557 fathoms). [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland). Known from the type locality.
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland). Known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet fulva is a Latin adjective meaning 'reddish-yellow',...
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet fulva is a Latin adjective meaning 'reddish-yellow', 'amber-coloured' or 'fulvous', and refers presumably to the body colour of the species, described as being 'yellow coloured': "Der gelb gefärbte Körper dieses Wurmes [...]" (Ehlers, 1875: 64). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellides fulva Ehlers, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338645 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 [details] 
Other
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): 64-66, plate IV figs. 18-23 [details]
page(s): 64-66, plate IV figs. 18-23 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1019 m (557 fathoms). [details]Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: Celtic Sea (off SW Ireland). Known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specific epithet fulva is a Latin adjective meaning 'reddish-yellow', 'amber-coloured' or 'fulvous', and refers presumably to the body colour of the species, described as being 'yellow coloured': "Der gelb gefärbte Körper dieses Wurmes [...]" (Ehlers, 1875: 64). [details]
Habitat Mud with a small mixture of sand and shell fragments, at bathyal depths (1019 m). [details]
Type locality Celtic Sea, SW Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean (49.0167°, -11.9333°), 1019 m (Ehlers, 1874: "49° 1' lat. bor., 11° 56' long, occid., fundo 557 orgyiarum"). [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
