North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Notopygos megalops McIntosh, 1885

AphiaID

129836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129836)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Notopygos Grube, 1855

Original name

Notopygos megalops McIntosh, 1885

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 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): 17-19, Pl. I fig. 1, Pl. IIA figs. 3-4 [details]

Type data

Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.12, geounit Bermuda

Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.12, geounit Bermuda [details]

, Note Off Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean (32.1236°,...

From editor or global species database

Type locality Off Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean (32.1236°, -65.0667°). [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 30 fathoms (= about 55 m).

Depth range 30 fathoms (= about 55 m). [details]

Distribution Atlantic Ocean: off Bermuda.

Distribution Atlantic Ocean: off Bermuda. [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet megalops is a New Latin adjective of Ancient Greek origin, meaning 'having large eyes',...

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet megalops is a New Latin adjective of Ancient Greek origin, meaning 'having large eyes', and refers presumably to the big eyes of the species: "A pair of very large black eyes lie immediately behind the tentacular cirri at the front of the head" (McIntosh, 1885: 18). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Notopygos megalops McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129836 on 2025-01-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

Licensing

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original description McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 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): 17-19, Pl. I fig. 1, Pl. IIA figs. 3-4 [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 Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription Yáñez-Rivera, Beatriz; Carrera-Parra, Luis Fernando. (2012). Reestablishment of Notopygos megalops McIntosh, description of N. caribea sp. n. from the Greater Caribbean and barcoding of “amphiamerican” Notopygos species (Annelida, Amphinomidae). ZooKeys. 223: 69-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.223.3561
page(s): 77-80, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors