Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype MNRJ MNRJP-2758, geounit Espirito Santo [details]
Paratype MNRJ MNRJP-2759, geounit Espirito Santo [details]
Paratype MNRJ MNRJP-2760, geounit Espirito Santo [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 352–1905 m. [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: SE Brazil (Espírito Santo Basin; Campos Basin). [details]
Etymology "The specific epithet, mutata, refers to the gradual transformation of the inferior-most capillary chaeta into sabre chaetae (mutata, Latin for change; alteration)" (Peixoto & Paiva, 2020: 477). [details]
Habitat Mud to silt, from slope to bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (-20.6006°, -39.8597°), 991 m. [details]
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