original description
Blake, James A. (2000). A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 41(4): 435-450., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/ [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
Holotype USNM 186776, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 186777, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM AHF-Poly 1961, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Dendro, from the Greek dendrion for tree, referring to the branched nature of the branchiae; branchos, Greek for gill. [details]Unverified
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Louisiana, Green Canyon [details]