WoRMS name details
Nicon ehlersi Hartman, 1953
173741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173741)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341
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Type locality contained in Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Burdwood Bank, Falkland Islands, South...
type locality contained in Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 137-150 m.
Distribution South Atlantic Ocean (Falkland Islands) and Subantarctic areas.
Etymology Species named after Professor Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (b. Lüneburg, 11 November 1835 - d. Göttingen, 31 December 1925), of...
Taxonomy From Hartman (1953: 29): "Nicon loxechini Kinberg, 1866, goes to Platynereis magalhaensis (see Hartman, 1948, p. 60). I am...
Depth range 137-150 m. [details]
Distribution South Atlantic Ocean (Falkland Islands) and Subantarctic areas.
Distribution South Atlantic Ocean (Falkland Islands) and Subantarctic areas. [details]
Etymology Species named after Professor Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (b. Lüneburg, 11 November 1835 - d. Göttingen, 31 December 1925), of...
Etymology Species named after Professor Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (b. Lüneburg, 11 November 1835 - d. Göttingen, 31 December 1925), of the University of Göttingen, German zoologist and polychaetologist. [details]
Taxonomy From Hartman (1953: 29): "Nicon loxechini Kinberg, 1866, goes to Platynereis magalhaensis (see Hartman, 1948, p. 60). I am...
Taxonomy From Hartman (1953: 29): "Nicon loxechini Kinberg, 1866, goes to Platynereis magalhaensis (see Hartman, 1948, p. 60). I am proposing a new specific name , Nicon ehlersi, for the group in which paragnaths are totally lacking from the proboscis." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicon ehlersi Hartman, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173741 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to <i>Leptonereis</i>, <i>Nicon</i>, and <i>Laeonereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 104: 1-53., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5689
page(s): 8-11, figs. 1-2; note: with Nicon maculata Kinberg, 1865 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 8-11, figs. 1-2; note: with Nicon maculata Kinberg, 1865 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 67-68 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1962. Zur Kenntnis der Nereiden Chiles (Polychaeta errantia), mit Beschreibung epitoker Stadien einiger Arten und der Jugendentwicklung von Perinereis vallata (Grube). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 168(11-12): 389-441.
page(s): 408-409 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 67-68 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1962. Zur Kenntnis der Nereiden Chiles (Polychaeta errantia), mit Beschreibung epitoker Stadien einiger Arten und der Jugendentwicklung von Perinereis vallata (Grube). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 168(11-12): 389-441.
page(s): 408-409 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype SMNH 3863, geounit Burdwood Bank [details]
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Depth range 137-150 m. [details]Distribution South Atlantic Ocean (Falkland Islands) and Subantarctic areas. [details]
Etymology Species named after Professor Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (b. Lüneburg, 11 November 1835 - d. Göttingen, 31 December 1925), of the University of Göttingen, German zoologist and polychaetologist. [details]
Habitat Shell fragments and stones, at shelf depths (137-150 m). [details]
Taxonomy From Hartman (1953: 29): "Nicon loxechini Kinberg, 1866, goes to Platynereis magalhaensis (see Hartman, 1948, p. 60). I am proposing a new specific name , Nicon ehlersi, for the group in which paragnaths are totally lacking from the proboscis." [details]
Type locality Burdwood Bank, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean (-53.75°, -61.0°). [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (NRS 3863, 3 syntypes). [details]
