Deep-Sea source details
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1934). Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2.
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Treadwell, Aaron L.
1934
Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
The polychaetous annelids obtained by the First Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition have been submitted to me for report, and in the collection I have found a number of new species, which are here described and figured.
Western Atlantic warm temperate to tropical
Abyssal, Deep-Sea
Systematics, Taxonomy
Systematics, Taxonomy
Hyalinoecia branchiata Treadwell, 1934 (original description)
Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934 (original description)
Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934 (original description)
Etymology
The specific epithet mutilata (masculine: mutilatus) is a Latin participle meaning 'mutilated' or 'mangled', and ... [details]
Type locality
North of Puerto Rico, Atlantic Ocean (from 18°30'45''N, 66°04'30''W to 18°30'50''N, 66°01'15''W; from ... [details]
Type locality
outer Caribbean, 18.3944, -60.2792 (18 23' 40" N, 60 16' 45" W), 146-183 m. Although Puerto Rico is in the title ... [details]
Type material
Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 20035). [details]
