Taxonomic remark: Careful examination of the holotype of Tubella meloleitao...
Note "Taxonomic remark: Careful examination of the holotype of Tubella meloleitao MACHADO, 1947, and, the author's illustrations of other specimens, resulted in very few differences between T....
View ArticleType species: Weinkauff (1881: 59-60) includes R. mohrensterni and R....
Note "Type species: Weinkauff (1881: 59-60) includes R. mohrensterni and R. decussata (Montagu, 1803), but did not select a type species." for taxon Rissoina (Cochlearella) Weinkauff, 1881 has been...
View ArticleAuthority: Weinkauff (1881: 59-60) largely copied Deshayes (1863: 62), but...
Note "Authority: Weinkauff (1881: 59-60) largely copied Deshayes (1863: 62), but the latter simply stated that his R. mohrensterni belonged to the “groupe des Cochlearella”, i.e., to a group that...
View ArticleEditor's comment: new comb. herein based on the accepted status of...
Note "Editor's comment: new comb. herein based on the accepted status of Notocorbula as a subgenus in Corbula" for taxon Corbula marquezensis (Garvie, 1996) † has been added by Frank Köhler via the...
View ArticleEditor's comment: new comb. herein based on the status of Antalis as an...
Note "Editor's comment: new comb. herein based on the status of Antalis as an accepted genus" for taxon Antalis palmerae (Garvie, 1996) † has been added by Frank Köhler via the webinterface on...
View ArticleEtymology: The generic name refers to the fact that the type specimens of...
Note "Etymology: The generic name refers to the fact that the type specimens of this genus were collected by Loomis's wife, which he states in the paragraph before his description of the genus." for...
View ArticleType locality: Collected from experimentally deployed cow bones deployed at...
Note "Type locality: Collected from experimentally deployed cow bones deployed at 1,996 m depth in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore of New Orleans, Louisiana (28.103° N; 88.451° W)" for taxon Osedax bozoi...
View ArticleEtymology: Osedax bozoi species-group name is in remembrance of the late...
Note "Etymology: Osedax bozoi species-group name is in remembrance of the late Bozo, the cat of lead author, Gabriella Berman" for taxon Osedax bozoi Berman, Hiley, Read & Rouse, 2024 has been...
View ArticleType locality: collected from experimentally deployed alligator (Alligator...
Note "Type locality: collected from experimentally deployed alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) bones deployed at 2,034 m depth in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore of New Orleans, Louisiana, (27.312° N;...
View ArticleEtymology: authors: "Osedax craigmcclaini n. sp. is named for Dr. Craig...
Note "Etymology: authors: "Osedax craigmcclaini n. sp. is named for Dr. Craig McClain, an esteemed deep-sea biologist and colleague who led the experimental alligator fall project (McClain et al.,...
View ArticleType locality: collected from a whale skull (most likely a southern minke...
Note "Type locality: collected from a whale skull (most likely a southern minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 at 390–393 m depth on the Pukaki Rise, Campbell Plateaus, SE of New...
View ArticleEtymology: Authors: "Osedax estcourti n. sp. is named in remembrance of Dr....
Note "Etymology: Authors: "Osedax estcourti n. sp. is named in remembrance of Dr. Ivan Neil Estcourt (1938–1981), benthic ecologist and the first polychaetologist researcher at the former New Zealand...
View ArticleType locality: Collected from a whale skull (most likely a southern minke...
Note "Type locality: Collected from a whale skull (most likely a southern minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 at 390–393 m depth on the Pukaki Rise, Campbell Plateau SE of New Zealand...
View ArticleEtymology: Authors: "Osedax traceyae n. sp. is named in appreciation of...
Note "Etymology: Authors: "Osedax traceyae n. sp. is named in appreciation of Dianne (Di) M. Tracey of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand. An...
View ArticleDistribution: Living from Mauritania to Angola, up to a depth of 50-60 m on a...
Note "Distribution: Living from Mauritania to Angola, up to a depth of 50-60 m on a sandy bottom." for taxon Agaronia acuminata acuminata (Lamarck, 1811) has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the...
View ArticleDistribution: Endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. Known from Boavista and São...
Note "Distribution: Endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. Known from Boavista and São Tiago." for taxon Agaronia acuminata boavistensis (Burnay & Conceição, 1986) has been added by Philippe Bouchet...
View ArticleDistribution: Most specimens come from the Bay of Mudrachmi in Ghana, over a...
Note "Distribution: Most specimens come from the Bay of Mudrachmi in Ghana, over a coastal area of 25 km." for taxon Agaronia ancillarioides (Reeve, 1850) has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the...
View ArticleDistribution: From Gambia to Angola, in shallow water to a depth of 30 m. for...
Note "Distribution: From Gambia to Angola, in shallow water to a depth of 30 m." for taxon Agaronia annotata (Marrat, 1871) has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on...
View ArticleDistribution: Originally described from the estuary of the Komo River and...
Note "Distribution: Originally described from the estuary of the Komo River and around the Isle of Banié, Gabon (locus typicus); also known from Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and even...
View ArticleDistribution: From Mauritania to Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea (Principe...
Note "Distribution: From Mauritania to Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea (Principe Island), except the Cape Verde Islands, in shallow water at depths of 1 to 10 m." for taxon Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin,...
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