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Name

Brown, Betsy. (1987). A new genus and species of Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Atlantic coast of the United States. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. 7: 56-61.

SourceID

49419

Authors

Brown, Betsy

Year

1987

Title

A new genus and species of Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Atlantic coast of the United States

Journal

Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington

Suffix

7: 56-61

Type

Publication

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

Abstract

Octocapitella pettiboneae a new genus and species of Capitellidae from the U.S. continental slope in 560 to 1513 m of water is described below. This is the first description of a capitellid genus having eight thoracic setigers with capillary setae.

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Octocapitella Brown, 1987 (original description)
Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987 (original description)

North Carolina Shelf for Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

Paratype USNM 97581, geounit North Carolina Shelf, identified as Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987
Paratype USNM 97582, geounit North Carolina Shelf, identified as Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987
Paratype USNM 97583, geounit North Carolina Shelf, identified as Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987
Holotype USNM 97580, geounit North Carolina Shelf, identified as Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

Depth range

for Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

560-1513 m. [details]

Diagnosis

for Octocapitella Brown, 1987

Author: "Thorax with 9 segments, consisting of achaetous peristomium and 8 segments bearing capillary setae in both ... [details]

Distribution

for Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

Atlantic Ocean: U.S. continental slope, from North Carolina to Massachusetts. [details]

Etymology

for Octocapitella Brown, 1987

Author: "named to denote capitellids with eight thoracic setigers bearing capillary setae" [details]

Etymology

for Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

Author: "named in honor of Dr. Marian H. Pettibone on the occasion of her 75th birthday" [details]

Grammatical gender

for Octocapitella Brown, 1987

feminine [details]

Habitat

for Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

In fine muds and muddy sands, at slope and bathyal depths. [details]

Reproduction

for Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

Sexes apparently separated. Females with up to five eggs per segment. [details]

Type material

for Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987

Deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM). [details]

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