WoRMS taxon details
original description
Narayanaswamy & Blake. 2005. A new species of <i>Orbiniella</i> (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from deep basins of Antarctica. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i>, 85(4) : 843-846 page(s): 844-845, fig. 1 [details]
taxonomy source
Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653 page(s): 115, figure 57; note: further records from Weddell Sea etc, a description (not from type material) and figures [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Narayanaswamy & Blake. 2005. A new species of <i>Orbiniella</i> (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from deep basins of Antarctica. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i>, 85(4) : 843-846 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2257-4539 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctica: Drake Passage, South Shetland Islands; Northern Weddell Sea Basin; and South Sandwich Slope. [details]
Ecology From fine-medium silts to coarse silts and medium sands. [details]
Etymology The species is named after the acronym used for the Antarctic Deep-sea Biodiversity programme - ANDEEP. [details]
Habitat Abyssal plain. [details]
Type locality Antarctica, Northern Weddell Sea Basin. [details]
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