Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2022). New species and records of Caulleriella, Chaetocirratulus and Chaetozone (Annelida, Cirratulidae) from continental shelf and slope depths of the Western North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5113(1): 1-89., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5113.1.1 page(s): 76-80, figs. 39-40 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1661492, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1338–3494 m. [details]
Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: U.S. Atlantic continental slope from off New England to the Carolinas. [details]
Etymology "The epithet [profunda] is from the Latin, profundus for deep or vast, referring to the deep-sea habitat of this species" (Blake, 2022: 80). [details]
Habitat Continental slope (1338–3494 m), in sediments with relatively high percentages of silt and clay. [details]
Type locality Off New England (USA), NW Atlantic Ocean (40.1728°N, 67.6238°W), 2175 m. [details]
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