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Orbiniella tumida Blake, 2020

1418186  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1418186)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
page(s): 47-48, fig. 24, table 3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  LACM AHF Poly 11662, geounit Farallon Escarpment  
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 11662, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
Note Continental slope off northern California,...  
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Type locality Continental slope off northern California, west of Farallon Islands, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean (37.6167°, -123.483°). [details]
Depth range 1730-4119 m.  
Depth range 1730-4119 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off northern California (USA).  
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off northern California (USA). [details]

Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin, tumidus for swollen, in reference to short, thickened body of this species" (Blake, 2020: 48).  
Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin, tumidus for swollen, in reference to short, thickened body of this species" (Blake, 2020: 48). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Orbiniella tumida Blake, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1418186 on 2025-06-25
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Nomenclature

original description Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
page(s): 47-48, fig. 24, table 3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Holotype LACM AHF Poly 11662, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
Nontype CAS 234046, geounit Pioneer Canyon [details]
Nontype CAS 234052, geounit Pioneer Canyon [details]
Paratype CAS 234025, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
Paratype CAS 234032, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
Paratype LACM AHF Poly 11663, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
Paratype MCZ 153581, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1730-4119 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off northern California (USA). [details]

Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin, tumidus for swollen, in reference to short, thickened body of this species" (Blake, 2020: 48). [details]

Habitat Type of sediment not stated, in the lower continental slope and abyssal plain (1730-4119 m). [details]

Type locality Continental slope off northern California, west of Farallon Islands, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean (37.6167°, -123.483°). [details]
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