Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Wiklund, Helena; Altamira, Iris V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Smith, Craig R.; Baco, Amy R.; Dahlgren, Thomas G. 2012. Systematics and biodiversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(2): 243-259 page(s): 251 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Wiklund, Helena; Altamira, Iris V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Smith, Craig R.; Baco, Amy R.; Dahlgren, Thomas G. 2012. Systematics and biodiversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(2): 243-259 [details]
Holotype BMNH NHMUK2012.25, verbatimGeounit San Nicolas slope, E... [details]
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Etymology named after its large and easily recognized maxillary forceps. Magnus is latin for ‘large’, and dentatus is latin for ‘tooth’. [details]
Taxonomy superficially similar to most littoral Ophryotrocha species with its short antennae and palps. It resembles Ophryotrocha bifida Hilbig & Blake, 1991 [details]
Type locality San Nicolas slope, East Pacific, 33° 20′ 0 N, 119° 59′ 0 W (33.333333°, -119.983333°) whale-fall at 960 m depth, [details]
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