Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online athttps://bit.ly/31jOeWn page(s): 95-97, fig. 18A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift area, vicinity of geothermal vents, area 20 km south of 'Mounds Area', R/V Gillis Stn. 301 (00º35'N, 86º05'W), 2730 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents).
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet aciculata is the feminine of the Latin adjective aciculatus, meaning 'aciculated' or 'covered with...
Etymology The specific epithet aciculata is the feminine of the Latin adjective aciculatus, meaning 'aciculated' or 'covered with pins', and refers to the presence of 1-4 acicular spines per ramus in both notopodia and neuropodia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Orbiniella aciculata Blake, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329836 on 2024-08-17
original descriptionBlake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online athttps://bit.ly/31jOeWn page(s): 95-97, fig. 18A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Depth range 2727-2730 m. [details] Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents). [details] Etymology The specific epithet aciculata is the feminine of the Latin adjective aciculatus, meaning 'aciculated' or 'covered with pins', and refers to the presence of 1-4 acicular spines per ramus in both notopodia and neuropodia. [details] Habitat Known from the vicinity of geothermal vents, but not associated with its community, 2727-2730 m depth. [details] Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM): holotype USNM 81850, paratypes USNM 81851. [details] Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift area, vicinity of geothermal vents, area 20 km south of 'Mounds Area', R/V Gillis Stn. 301 (00º35'N, 86º05'W), 2730 m. [details]