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Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 26(10): 2595-2620.
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Banse, K.
1969
Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria)
Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
26(10): 2595-2620
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
Acrocirrus Grube and Macrochaeta Grube (Polychaeta Sedentaria), comprising at present 14 species, are removed from the Cirratulidae and placed in a new family. The descriptions of the type species of the genera and of five other species are materially improved. Acrocirrus trisectus and Macrochaeta pege are newly described; Acrocirrus heterochaetus okotensis Imajima is elevated to species rank. Diagnoses and records as well as keys for identification are given for all species of the family.
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Nontype AHF, geounit California, identified as Acrocirrus heterochaetus Annenkova, 1934
Holotype NHMUK 1907.5.1.41, geounit New Zealand, identified as Acrocirrus trisectus Banse, 1969
Holotype USNM 39163, geounit Washington (State), identified as Macrochaeta pege Banse, 1969
Paratype USNM 39164, geounit Washington (State), identified as Macrochaeta pege Banse, 1969
Nontype USNM 39282, geounit Puget Sound, identified as Macrochaeta pege Banse, 1969
Lectotype ZMB 5894a, geounit Wilhelm II Land, identified as Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913
Nontype Private Dr. Eliason's collection, geounit Bergen, identified as Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962
Nontype Private Dr. Eliason's collection, geounit Skagerrak, identified as Macrochaeta helgolandica Friedrich, 1937
 Depth range

Slope depths: 360-514 m. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal to 1500 m. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal.  [details]

 Depth range

Surface to 30 m.  [details]

 Depth range

35-100 m. [details]

 Depth range

19-21 m. [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: off California (USA). [details]

 Distribution

Mediterranean Sea; Adriatic Sea; Aegean Sea; Atlantic Ocean off Morocco; northern Arabian Sea; Gulf of Mexico.  [details]

 Distribution

Southwest Pacific Ocean: New Zealand (North and South Island).  [details]

 Distribution

Pacific and Sea of Japan coasts of Honshu (Japan); Japanese Inland Sea; mainland coast of Sea of Japan.  [details]

 Distribution

Northeastern Atlantic: Norwegian coast; North Sea; Skagerrak; Kattegat; British Isles; English Channel; Mediterranean ... [details]

 Distribution

Southern North Sea (Helgoland); Skagerrak.  [details]

 Distribution

Antarctic Ocean, in the Indian and Pacific sectors.  [details]

 Distribution

Puget Sound, Washington, and adjoining waters (Pacific coast of USA). [details]

 Distribution

NE Atlantic: Skagerrak; northern North Sea.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet trisectus, is composed by the Latin prefix tri-, meaning 'three', and the Latin participle ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet pege is derived from the Greek word πηγή, meaning 'a spring (of water)', ''to indicate ... [details]

 Habitat

Type material found on stones, among Melobesia, at about 2 fathoms depth (about 4 m; see Grube, 1861: 77; Banse, ... [details]

 Habitat

Rocky habitats. Found on surface of kelp on rocky shores.  [details]

 Habitat

Free-living under stones, and in twisted masses in intertidal beaches.  [details]

 Habitat

In calcareous algae, laminarian holdfasts, muddy grounds and coarse sand, stones, or gravel.  [details]

 Habitat

Amphioxus ground (coarse sand) and shell sand, between 19-25 m depth. [details]

 Habitat

Coarse sediments of sand and broken shells, at shelf depths.  [details]

 Habitat

In mud and sand-mixed clay, between 235-478 m. [details]

 Habitat

Amphioxus ground (coarse sand), between 19-21 m depth.  [details]

 Taxonomy

Status changed, being raised to specific rank by Banse (1969: 2606-2607).  [details]

 Type locality

Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, type locality undefined, being one of several localities: Portobello (South Island, ... [details]

 Type locality

Helgoland, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Type locality originally described as ''Amphioxus-Sand von Helgoland'' ... [details]

 Type locality

Washington, Pacific Ocean. From one of two dredge hauls from coarse sediment, taken near San Juan Island, ... [details]

 Type locality

Helgoland, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Type locality originally described as ''Amphioxus-Sand von Helgoland'' ... [details]

 Type material

According to Banse (1969: 2600) "The holotype, which had been deposited in the ZMB, was destroyed during the Second ... [details]

 Type material

Holotype (NHUK 1907.5.1.41) deposited at The Natural History Museum, London (UK).  [details]

 Type material

''The types no longer exist (Prof. H. Friedrich, Überseemuseum, Bremen, personal communication)'' (Banse, 1969: 2615).  [details]

 Type material

Lectotype (ZMB 5894a) and paralectotypes (ZMB 5894b) deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Berlin (Germany). ... [details]

 Type material

Banse (1969: 2613) states: "No material of Ledon is in the catalogued collection of the USNM where Webster's types ... [details]

 Type material

Banse (1969: 2610) states: "Neither the types nor other Macrochaeta material of Sars are in the Zoological Museum ... [details]