Glandiceps abyssicola Spengel, 1893:266
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 19 August 1873 (Holland et al., 2013:2199)
Rediscovered on 5 December 2009 (Holland et al., 2013:2197)
Distribution
equatorial Atlantic Ocean (Sierra Leone–Liberia Basin and Romanche Trench)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Neotype: SIO-BIC-H28
The holotype is thought to have been destroyed (Holland et al., 2013). It is believed to have been housed in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the University of Giessen, which was destroyed by bombing on 6 December 1944 (Holland et al., 2013:2203).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Spengel, J. (1893). Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Berlin: Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. pp. 756.
Other references:
Holland, Nicholas D., Osborn, Karen J., Gebruk, Andrey V. and Rogacheva, Antonina. (2013). Rediscovery and augmented description of the HMS 'Challenger' acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta), Glandiceps abyssicola, in the equatorial Atlantic abyss. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 93 (8): 2197-2205.
Swalla, B. J. and van der Land, J. (2024). Hemichordata World Database. Glandiceps abyssicola Spengel, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266592 on 2024-09-04
Thomson, C. W. and Murray, J. (1885). Narrative—Volume 1, first part. Report of the scientific results of the voyage of the H.M.S. Challengerduring the years 1873–76. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, pp. v –liv +1– 509.
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