WoRMS taxon details
Synelmis urgorrii Moreira & Parapar, 2007
477240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:477240)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moreira, J.; Parapar, J. (2007). A new species of <i>Synelmis</i> (Annelida: Polychaeta: Pilargidae) from the continental slope off Galicia (north-western Iberian Peninsula). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(05): 1117-1120., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407056457
page(s): 1117-1120, figs. 1-3 [details]
page(s): 1117-1120, figs. 1-3 [details]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11009, geounit Iberian Atlantic
, Note Atlantic Ocean, NW Iberian Peninsula, Spain,...
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11009, geounit Iberian Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, NW Iberian Peninsula, Spain, off Galicia (43º57.03'N, 08º54.79'W to 43º57.25'N, 08º54.13'W), between 1132-1191 m, amongst stones and shells. [details]
Depth range 760-1191 m.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off the north-western Spanish coast.
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr Victoriano Urgorri ('Vituco'), professor of marine zoology at the University of...
Depth range 760-1191 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off the north-western Spanish coast.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off the north-western Spanish coast. [details]
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr Victoriano Urgorri ('Vituco'), professor of marine zoology at the University of...
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr Victoriano Urgorri ('Vituco'), professor of marine zoology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), eminent malacologist, leader of the DIVA-Artabria project and friend" (Moreira & Parapar, 2007: 1119). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Synelmis urgorrii Moreira & Parapar, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=477240 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Moreira, J.; Parapar, J. (2007). A new species of <i>Synelmis</i> (Annelida: Polychaeta: Pilargidae) from the continental slope off Galicia (north-western Iberian Peninsula). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(05): 1117-1120., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407056457
page(s): 1117-1120, figs. 1-3 [details]
basis of record CeDAMar (Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life), available online at http://www.cedamar.org/ [details]
page(s): 1117-1120, figs. 1-3 [details]
basis of record CeDAMar (Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life), available online at http://www.cedamar.org/ [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11009, geounit Iberian Atlantic [details]
Paratype MNCN 11011, geounit Iberian Atlantic [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/10299, geounit Iberian Atlantic [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/11010, geounit Iberian Atlantic [details]
Paratype SMF 16604, geounit Iberian Atlantic [details]
Paratype SMF 16605, geounit Iberian Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 760-1191 m. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off the north-western Spanish coast. [details]
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr Victoriano Urgorri ('Vituco'), professor of marine zoology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), eminent malacologist, leader of the DIVA-Artabria project and friend" (Moreira & Parapar, 2007: 1119). [details]
Habitat Amongst stones and shells, and on Madrepora aculeata, on the continental slope (depths between 760-1191 m). [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, NW Iberian Peninsula, Spain, off Galicia (43º57.03'N, 08º54.79'W to 43º57.25'N, 08º54.13'W), between 1132-1191 m, amongst stones and shells. [details]
