WoRMS taxon details
Cossura platypus Zhadan, 2017
956800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956800)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Zhadan, Anna. (2017). Two new species of Cossura (Cossuridae, Annelida) from the terminal lobes of the Congo River deep-sea fan. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(05): 881-888., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000066
page(s): 881-884, figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 881-884, figs. 1-2 [details]
Holotype MNHN MNHN-IA-TYPE 1779, geounit Congo Basin
, Note Offshore of Congo River fan, Congo, West...
Holotype MNHN MNHN-IA-TYPE 1779, geounit Congo Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Offshore of Congo River fan, Congo, West Africa, 'REGAB' site, -5.7997°, 9.7080° (05 47.984′ S, 009 42.475′ E), 3154 m [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Etymology The 'platypus' species-group name refers to the shape of the prostomium, which in dorsal view resembles a platypus bill....
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology The 'platypus' species-group name refers to the shape of the prostomium, which in dorsal view resembles a platypus bill....
Etymology The 'platypus' species-group name refers to the shape of the prostomium, which in dorsal view resembles a platypus bill. Not stated, but since named after the vernacular name of another animal 'platypus' is perhaps best considered a noun in apposition to the feminine genus Cossura. Originally 'platypus' as in Platypus anatinus was a Greek compound from πλατύς (platus) "broad" and πούς (pous) "foot" used as a genus referring to the feet of the animal, with 'anatinus' "bird snout" referring to the mouth shape. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Cossura platypus Zhadan, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956800 on 2024-11-21
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Zhadan, Anna. (2017). Two new species of Cossura (Cossuridae, Annelida) from the terminal lobes of the Congo River deep-sea fan. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(05): 881-888., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000066
page(s): 881-884, figs. 1-2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Zhadan, Anna. (2017). Two new species of Cossura (Cossuridae, Annelida) from the terminal lobes of the Congo River deep-sea fan. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(05): 881-888., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000066 [details]
page(s): 881-884, figs. 1-2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Zhadan, Anna. (2017). Two new species of Cossura (Cossuridae, Annelida) from the terminal lobes of the Congo River deep-sea fan. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(05): 881-888., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000066 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN MNHN-IA-TYPE 1779, geounit Congo Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]Etymology The 'platypus' species-group name refers to the shape of the prostomium, which in dorsal view resembles a platypus bill. Not stated, but since named after the vernacular name of another animal 'platypus' is perhaps best considered a noun in apposition to the feminine genus Cossura. Originally 'platypus' as in Platypus anatinus was a Greek compound from πλατύς (platus) "broad" and πούς (pous) "foot" used as a genus referring to the feet of the animal, with 'anatinus' "bird snout" referring to the mouth shape. [details]
Type locality Offshore of Congo River fan, Congo, West Africa, 'REGAB' site, -5.7997°, 9.7080° (05 47.984′ S, 009 42.475′ E), 3154 m [details]
