Polychaeta taxon details
Axiokebuita Pocklington & Fournier, 1987
324763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324763)
accepted
Genus
Axiokebuita millsi Pocklington & Fournier, 1987 (type by original designation)
- Species Axiokebuita australis Blake, 2023
- Species Axiokebuita cavernicola Martínez, Di Domenico & Worsaae, 2013
- Species Axiokebuita millsi Pocklington & Fournier, 1987
- Species Axiokebuita minuta (Hartman, 1967)
- Species Axiokebuita oculata Blake, 2025
- Species Axiokebuita shackletoni Blake, 2025
- Species Axiokebuita verenae Blake, 2025
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Pocklington, Patricia.; Fournier, Judith A. (1987). Axiokebutia millsi, new genus, new species, (Polychaeta: Scalibregmatidae) from eastern Canada. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 108-113.
page(s): 108 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 108 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Axio = the pole and Kebuita, a reference to the bipolar distribution of the type species and its similarity to Chamberlin's...
Etymology Axio = the pole and Kebuita, a reference to the bipolar distribution of the type species and its similarity to Chamberlin's species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Axiokebuita Pocklington & Fournier, 1987. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324763 on 2025-07-05
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Pocklington, Patricia.; Fournier, Judith A. (1987). Axiokebutia millsi, new genus, new species, (Polychaeta: Scalibregmatidae) from eastern Canada. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 108-113.
page(s): 108 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 49; note: includes Table 2, Comparison of morphological characters of the seven known species of Axiokebuita [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
status source Parapar, J.; Gambi, M. C.; Rouse, G. W. 2011. A revision of the deep-sea genus Axiokebuita Pocklington and Fournier, 1987 (Annelida: Scalibregmatidae). Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 148-162, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.598350 [details]
page(s): 108 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 49; note: includes Table 2, Comparison of morphological characters of the seven known species of Axiokebuita [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
status source Parapar, J.; Gambi, M. C.; Rouse, G. W. 2011. A revision of the deep-sea genus Axiokebuita Pocklington and Fournier, 1987 (Annelida: Scalibregmatidae). Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 148-162, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.598350 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis [Original diagnosis of Pocklington & Fournier (1987)] Body fusiform, 20-30 segments; prostomium triangular with distinct lateral processes, not incised, lacking tentacular and nuchal processes; parapodia similar throughout the body, biramous; notochaetae smooth capillaries; neurochaetae smooth capillaries with few (2-6) shorter, stouter, serrate chaetae with bifid tips; acicular and furcate chaetae lacking; dorsal and ventral cirri lacking; neuropodial lanceolate postsetal lamellae present on at least posterior segments; anus simple, terminal, lacking anal cirri. Axiokebuita is the only shortbodied Scalibregmatidae genus with postsetal lamellae.[diagnosis of Blake, 2025] Body elongate, with segments similar throughout, some species with a fusiform shape; segments with one to four annulated rings composed of small, inconspicuous elevated pads, best developed on middle and posterior segments; or pads entirely absent; venter with weakly developed median ridge. Prostomium triangular to pentagonal, truncate on anterior margin with long subterminal ciliated lateral horns; eyespots present or absent; nuchal organs in narrow grooves on posterior part. Peristomium with two or three rings; first ring large, complete, formed from large expanded lobes, weakly incised dorsally, divided into upper and lower lips of mouth ventrally; unique paired ciliated ventral “neck organs” present posterior to lower lip of mouth; second and third rings narrow, not modified. Parapodia with narrow ventral postchaetal cirrus. Branchiae absent. chaetae include capillaries throughout; short simple spinous chaetae present or absent on setiger 1; spinous serrated chaetae with hooded tips present or absent; furcate chaetae absent; long, natatory-like capillaries present or absent. Pygidium reduced, with short anal cirri or with two ventral pad-like lobes typically covered with papillae. Numerous cilia and ciliary patterns present on lateral horns, prostomium, and interramal papillae; unique paired ciliated patches present or absent on ventral side of body. [details]
Etymology Axio = the pole and Kebuita, a reference to the bipolar distribution of the type species and its similarity to Chamberlin's species. [details]
Grammatical gender Axiokebuita is feminine as the name is based on the prior genus Kebuita Chamberlin, which is feminine [details]
