WoRMS taxon details
original description
Nishi, Eijiroh and Rouse, Greg W. (2014). First whale fall chaetopterid; a gigantic new species of Phyllochaetopterus (Chaetopteridae: Annelida) from the deep sea off California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(4): 287-298., available online at http://www.pbsw.org/doi/abs/10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.287 page(s): 288 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Nishi, Eijiroh and Rouse, Greg W. (2014). First whale fall chaetopterid; a gigantic new species of Phyllochaetopterus (Chaetopteridae: Annelida) from the deep sea off California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(4): 287-298., available online at http://www.pbsw.org/doi/abs/10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.287 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SIO SIO-BIC A978, geounit Monterey Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology From Greek word gigas meaning giant. [details]
Habitat Whale fall site [details]
Type locality Monterey Submarine Canyon, off California, USA, 36.6133°, -122.4333°, 2892 m, on or near whale fall of grey whale "Ruby" [details]
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