Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Taboada, S.; Wiklund, H.; Glover, A. G.; Dahlgren, T. G.; Cristobo, J.; Avila, C. (2013). Two new Antarctic Ophryotrocha (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) described from shallow-water whale bones. <i>Polar Biology</i>. 36(7): 1031-1045., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1326-4 [details]
taxonomy source
Paxton, Hannelore; Wiklund, Helena; Alexander, Frances; Taboada, Sergi. (2016). Is the Antarctic Ophryotrocha orensanzi(Annelida: Dorvilleidae) a circumpolar non-specialized opportunist?. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 1-10 [online before print]., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2016.1218371 note: occurrence in an Australian aquarium linked to Casey Station Antarctica [details]
Holotype BMNH NHM-2013.1, geounit South Shetland Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology after Jose M.Orensanz, Argentinian researcher who first noticed this species as Palpiphitime sp., near lobifera in Antarctic waters. [details]
Type locality Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 62 59.482 S, 60 37.0950 W (-62.9914 -60.6183), 15 m [details]
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