Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype MNRJ MNRJP-2748, geounit Espírito Santo [details]
Paratype MNRJ MNRJP-2749, geounit Espirito Santo [details]
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Depth range 11‒438 m. [details]
Distribution Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: SE Brazil (Espírito Santo Basin; Campos Basin). [details]
Etymology "The specific epithet, fosterae, is a tribute to Nancy M. Foster (1941‒2000), a polychaetologist who erected the (now synonymized) genus Minuspio (Foster, 1971), which included Prionospio species bearing only smooth branchiae" (Peixoto & Paiva, 2020: 465). [details]
Habitat Muddy sand to mud, from shelf to slope depths. [details]
Type locality Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (-19.5936°, -39.6889°), 21 m. [details]
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