WoRMS taxon details
Phyllocomus crocea Grube, 1877
172939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172939)
accepted
Species
Phyllocomus dibranchiata Benham, 1921 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Rhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (prematurely published in the...)
prematurely published in the Challenger narrative, but a name unused in the McIntosh monograph
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A. E. (1877). Anneliden - Ausbeute S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Monatsbericht der Koniglich Preussischer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 509-554., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35723826
page(s): 543-544, no figures; note: Kerguelen Islands [details]
page(s): 543-544, no figures; note: Kerguelen Islands [details]
Note off Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean,...
Type locality off Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean, -47.2583, 70.7833. Grube writes that the type locality is between Isles Crozet and Kerguelen, but this is not correct according to the coordinates he gives. The location is north and slightly east of Kerguelen Island. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phyllocomus crocea Grube, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172939 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, A. E. (1877). Anneliden - Ausbeute S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Monatsbericht der Koniglich Preussischer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 509-554., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35723826
page(s): 543-544, no figures; note: Kerguelen Islands [details]
original description (of Phyllocomus dibranchiata Benham, 1921) Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 97-102, plate 10 figs. 107-123 [details]
original description (of Rhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) Tizard, T.H., Moseley H.N., Buchanan J.Y. & Murray J. (1885). Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, with a general account of the scientific results of the Expedition. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> 1(1-2): i-liv, 1-1110, figs. 1-340, pls. a-n, 1-35, maps, tabs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49431318
page(s): 634, no figure; note: named as a new genus and species in the Challenger narrative, but the McIntosh monograph assigned the sole specimen from station 151 to Phyllocomus crocea Grube [details]
page(s): 543-544, no figures; note: Kerguelen Islands [details]
original description (of Phyllocomus dibranchiata Benham, 1921) Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 97-102, plate 10 figs. 107-123 [details]
original description (of Rhynchoscaphia antarctica McIntosh in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) Tizard, T.H., Moseley H.N., Buchanan J.Y. & Murray J. (1885). Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, with a general account of the scientific results of the Expedition. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> 1(1-2): i-liv, 1-1110, figs. 1-340, pls. a-n, 1-35, maps, tabs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49431318
page(s): 634, no figure; note: named as a new genus and species in the Challenger narrative, but the McIntosh monograph assigned the sole specimen from station 151 to Phyllocomus crocea Grube [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 427-428, plate 47 fig. 11, plate 26a fig. 25, plate 37a fig. 6; note: description of a specimen dredged at station 151 off Heard Island [details]
page(s): 427-428, plate 47 fig. 11, plate 26a fig. 25, plate 37a fig. 6; note: description of a specimen dredged at station 151 off Heard Island [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]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907 [details]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality off Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean, -47.2583, 70.7833. Grube writes that the type locality is between Isles Crozet and Kerguelen, but this is not correct according to the coordinates he gives. The location is north and slightly east of Kerguelen Island. [details]
