WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458 page(s): 100-101, plate 14 figs. a-c [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458 [details]
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit North West Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2864-4825 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: abyssal plains off New England (USA); off Brazil. [details]
Etymology Not stated by the authors. The specific epithet monilaris is formed by the Latin root monil-, meaning "string of beads", and the Latin suffix -aris, which is added to a noun to form an adjective of relationship to that noun, and refers likely to the shape of the segments of the species: "individuals are small and threadlike [...] segments are moniliform" (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971: 100). [details]
Habitat Abyssal plains (2864-4825 m). [details]
Type locality Abyssal plain off New England (USA), North West Atlantic Ocean (39.6167° to 39.625°, -66.7833° to -66.7333°), 3806 m. [details]
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