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WoRMS taxon details
original description
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 250-252, fig. 13a-m [details] Available for editors  [request]
taxonomy source
Kirkegaard, J. B. 2001. Polychaetes of the families Glyceridae, Goniadidae, and Nereididae from the North Atlantic around Iceland. Sarsia 86(1): 13-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.2001.10420457
page(s): 17, no figures; note: records and brief comments based on specimens from three stations north of Iceland, from deep water (894-1046 m) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only). [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Fauchald, K. (1974). Deep-water errant polychaetes from Hardangerfjorden, western Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 57: 1-32., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1974.10411268
page(s): 13; note: Fauchald (1974: 13) points out that Nereis elitoralis does not fit the paragnath pattern of Eunereis, contrary to the placement of Hartmann-Schröder (1971) [details]
Holotype NHMG Polych. 5963, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
Unknown type ZMUU, geounit Skagerrak [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Was recombined into Eulitoralis but N elitoralis seems to be a normal Nereis. Fauchald (1974: 13) points out that Nereis elitoralis does not fit the paragnath pattern of Eunereis, contrary to the placement of Hartmann-Schröder [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search, plus literature (eg Kirkegaard, 2001) [details]
Depth range 80-1046 m. [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic: Skagerrak. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet elitoralis means 'away from the littoral', and is composed by the Latin prefix e-, meaning 'out' or 'away', and the Latin adjective litoralis, meaning 'of the seashore' or 'littoral'. It refers to the depth range of the species, found in the lower eulittoral and upper archibenthic zone, between 80-510 m, and in opposition to the depth range of the close and similar species Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840), usually recorded only in the littoral zone: ''Nur einmal ist - so viel ich weiss - Nereis longissima ausserhalb der Litoralzone angegeben. [...] Auch bei sämtlichen Exemplaren dieser Art aus der Litoralzone, die von mir untersucht worden sind, kommen Paragnathen nur in Gruppe VI vor und sind sehr klein oder fehlen bisweilen ganz. [...] Die drei vorliegenden Vorderenden aus der unteren Elitoral- und der oberen Archibenthalzone, aus ca. 80-295 m Tiefe, sind zwar Nereis longissima sehr ähnlich [...] aber weichen sämtliche in Bezug auf die Bewaffnung der Proboscis ab.'' (Eliaon, 1962: 252). [details]
Habitat Muddy grounds, at shelf and slope depths. [details]
Type locality Skagerrak, NE Atlantic (58º38'N, 10º40'E), 126 m, clay and silt on a rocky ground. [details]
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