WoRMS taxon details
Holotype USNM 054107, geounit Nahant Bay [details]
Paratype USNM 054108, geounit Nahant Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 7-30 m. [details]
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Northern Gulf of Maine and Nahant Bay. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet eburneus, is a Latin adjective meaning 'like ivory' or 'ivory colored', from the Latin ebur, meaning 'ivory', and refers to the ivory colored vacuoles in the dorsal cirri of the species. [details]
Habitat Subtidal (7-30 m) coarse shelly sand kicked out from under rocks by lobsters. [details]
Type locality Northwest Atlantic Ocean, USA, Massachusetts, Nahant Bay, north side of Egg Rock (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 42.436º, long. -70.897º); coarse shelly sand, 10 m. [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Subfamily: Eusyllinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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