Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype MNCN 16.01/18728, geounit Patagonia [details]
Lectotype MNCN 16.01/18764, geounit Patagonia [details]
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Depth range Shallow subtidal (30 m). [details]
Distribution E Pacific Ocean: Chilean Patagonia (Concepción Channel). [details]
Etymology "This species is named in honor of Dr. Gordon LJ Paterson, British polychaetologist currently retired" (Soto et al., 2020: 155). [details]
Habitat From boulders, mixed sediments and associated to Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh, 1820 holdfasts in fjords, islands and channels (salinity 30.2 PSU; temperature 8.9°C), in shallow subtidal (30 m). [details]
Type locality Drummond Hay Island, Concepción Channel, Patagonia, southern Chile, Pacific Ocean (-50.2769°, -74.8892°). [details]
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