Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129955 on 2026-04-09
accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
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Chaetozone setosa by Hans Hillewaert. From the Belgian continental shelf.
source: http://www.iopan.gda.pl/projects/biodaff/EMBS-0605.html
Gridded abundance map of the polychaete Chaetozone setosa in the North Sea in 1986. This product was developed with DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis) and the Scale: log-transformed abundance. Data was derived from the 1986 North Sea Benthos Survey. Citation: European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODnet) Biology project (www.emodnet-biology.eu), funded by the European Commission’s Directorate - General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE). The mapped images, raster files and used parameters can be downloaded here.
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - North Sea
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Baie de la Seine
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Golfe Normanno-Breton
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Roscoff
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Wimereux
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Kongsfjord
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Cobscook Bay
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Arctic Ocean
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - USA
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Manicouagan
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Grand Banks
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Saguenay Fjord
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Tunis Gulf
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 - Spitsbergen
Distribution for Chaetozone setosa canadensis McIntosh, 1911 - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 883
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 129955
Taxon Description AMBI ecological group for Taxon denoted by name 129955
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Life stage larva
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Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 1920
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