original description
Blake, James A. (2000). A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 41(4): 435-450., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/
page(s): 439-440 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 186776, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype LACM AHF-Poly 1961, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 186777, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Methano, referring to the methane seep habitat of these worms and Aricia, Latin for nymph, the mythological wife of Hippolytes, and the generic name of the junior synonym of Orbinia. [details]