Deep-Sea taxon details
Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913
173061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173061)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. 1913. Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der deutschen Südpolar- Expedition, 1901-1903. <i>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski Leiter Expedition</i>, 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 539-542, plate XLI figs. 13-18 [details]
page(s): 539-542, plate XLI figs. 13-18 [details]
Lectotype ZMB 5894a, geounit Wilhelm II Land
, Note Posadowsky Bay, 85 km off Kaiser Wilhelm II...
Lectotype ZMB 5894a, geounit Wilhelm II Land [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Posadowsky Bay, 85 km off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Antarctic Ocean, Winter Station of Deutsche Südpolarexpedition (66°02'S, 89°38'E), at 385 m. [details]
Type material Lectotype (ZMB 5894a) and paralectotypes (ZMB 5894b) deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Berlin (Germany). Lectotype and paralectotypes designated by Banse (1969: 2614). [details]
Depth range 385 m.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, in the Indian and Pacific sectors.
Etymology The specific epithet papillosa is a Latin adjective, feminine of papillosus and meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae',...
Depth range 385 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, in the Indian and Pacific sectors.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, in the Indian and Pacific sectors. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet papillosa is a Latin adjective, feminine of papillosus and meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae',...
Etymology The specific epithet papillosa is a Latin adjective, feminine of papillosus and meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae', and refers to the presence of unusually long epidermal papillae in most of the studied specimens. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173061 on 2025-05-22
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173061 on 2025-05-22
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Ehlers, E. 1913. Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der deutschen Südpolar- Expedition, 1901-1903. <i>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski Leiter Expedition</i>, 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 539-542, plate XLI figs. 13-18 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1936). Polychètes. <em>Expédition Antarctique Belge. Résultats du Voyage de la "Belgica" en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Zoologie.</em> Anvers, J.-E. Buschmann. pp. 1-44, plate I., available online at https://bit.ly/2mr8IMB
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
redescription Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2613-2615, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 539-542, plate XLI figs. 13-18 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1936). Polychètes. <em>Expédition Antarctique Belge. Résultats du Voyage de la "Belgica" en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Zoologie.</em> Anvers, J.-E. Buschmann. pp. 1-44, plate I., available online at https://bit.ly/2mr8IMB
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
redescription Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2613-2615, fig. 7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype ZMB 5894a, geounit Wilhelm II Land [details]
Paralectotype ZMB 5894b, geounit Wilhelm II Land [details]
Syntype ZMB 5894a, geounit Wilhelm II Land [details]
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Depth range 385 m. [details]Distribution Antarctic Ocean, in the Indian and Pacific sectors. [details]
Editor's comment Location of winter station of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903 (Deutsche Südpolarexpedition) taken from Lüdecke (2006: 9) and Rack (2015: 123). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet papillosa is a Latin adjective, feminine of papillosus and meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae', and refers to the presence of unusually long epidermal papillae in most of the studied specimens. [details]
Habitat Not stated. [details]
Type locality Posadowsky Bay, 85 km off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Antarctic Ocean, Winter Station of Deutsche Südpolarexpedition (66°02'S, 89°38'E), at 385 m. [details]
Type material Lectotype (ZMB 5894a) and paralectotypes (ZMB 5894b) deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Berlin (Germany). Lectotype and paralectotypes designated by Banse (1969: 2614). [details]
