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Amastigos caperatus Ewing & Dauer, 1981

157156  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157156)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Scolecida (Infraclass)
  7. Capitellidae (Family)
  8. Amastigos (Genus)
  9. Amastigos caperatus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ewing, R. Michael and Dauer, Daniel M. 1981. A new species of Amastigos (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast of the United States with notes on the Capitellidae of the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608014
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1a-e [details] 
Holotype  USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay  
Holotype USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
, Note Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean (37.1167°, -75.9833°), at 6.7 m, in clean medium sand.  [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 61107) and paratypes (USNM 61108) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA).  [details]
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m.   
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m.  [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).   
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the...  
Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the notopodial hoods, particularly in the abdomen. [details]

Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian  
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amastigos caperatus Ewing & Dauer, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157156 on 2025-01-13
Date
action
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2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2013-10-03 13:35:44Z
changed
Gil, João

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original description Ewing, R. Michael and Dauer, Daniel M. 1981. A new species of Amastigos (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast of the United States with notes on the Capitellidae of the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608014
page(s): 163-166, fig. 1a-e [details] 

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 61107, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
Nontype USNM 61109, geounit New York [details]
Paratype USNM 61108, geounit Chesapeake Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal depths, between 6.7-18.9 m.  [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Broad Sound (Massachusetts) to Charleston (South Carolina).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet caperatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'wrinkled', and refers to the wrinkled appearance of the notopodial hoods, particularly in the abdomen. [details]

Habitat Subtidal clean fine to medium sands.  [details]

Type locality Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, Atlantic Ocean (37.1167°, -75.9833°), at 6.7 m, in clean medium sand.  [details]

Type material Holotype (USNM 61107) and paratypes (USNM 61108) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA).  [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian [details]
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