Deep-Sea source details
Buzhinskaya / Buzhinskaja, Galina N. (1986). Laetmonecticus nigrum gen. et sp. n. (Laetmonectidae fam. n., Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Aden. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 65(8): 1258-1261.
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Buzhinskaya / Buzhinskaja, Galina N.
1986
Laetmonecticus nigrum gen. et sp. n. (Laetmonectidae fam. n., Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Aden
Zoologicheskii zhurnal
65(8): 1258-1261
Publication
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А description and pictures of а new polychaete species and diagnoses of а new genus and а new family, Laetmonectidae, formed for this species aге presented. The species is described Ьу one specimen found in the open part of the Gulf of Adeп, when macroplankton had been collected at depths from 2500 up to 0 m. The worm has certain features similar to those of representatives of the families Acrocirridae, Ampharetidae and Terebellidae; however, the position of the new family in the polychaete taxonomic system remains unclear.
Tropical Indian Ocean and Red Sea
Systematics, Taxonomy
Laetmonecticus Buzhinskaya, 1986 (original description)
Laetmonecticus nigrum Buzhinskaya, 1986 (original description)
Laetmonectidae Buzhinskaja, 1986 (original description)
Laetmonecticus nigrum Buzhinskaya, 1986 (original description)
Laetmonectidae Buzhinskaja, 1986 (original description)
Holotype ZIRAS inventory No. 1/ 47656., geounit Gulf of Aden, identified as Laetmonecticus nigrum Buzhinskaya, 1986
