Deep-Sea taxon details
Orbiniella grasslei Blake, 2020
1418183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1418183)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
page(s): 41-44, fig. 21, table 3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 41-44, fig. 21, table 3 [details] Available for editors
Holotype MCZ 153574, geounit East Pacific Rise
, Note Hydrothermal vent area at 21°N, East Pacific...
Holotype MCZ 153574, geounit East Pacific Rise [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Hydrothermal vent area at 21°N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean (20.8333°, -109.1°). [details]
Depth range 1618-2616 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N.
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. J. Frederick Grassle, prominent deep-sea benthic ecologist of the Woods Hole...
Depth range 1618-2616 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N. [details]
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. J. Frederick Grassle, prominent deep-sea benthic ecologist of the Woods Hole...
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. J. Frederick Grassle, prominent deep-sea benthic ecologist of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences. As part of his numerous expeditions to deep-sea locations, Dr. Grassle provided this author and other investigators with numerous polychaetes from vents and other habitats that have resulted in a rich harvest of new species" (Blake, 2020: 44). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Orbiniella grasslei Blake, 2020. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1418183 on 2026-06-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Orbiniella grasslei Blake, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1418183 on 2026-06-10
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original description
Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
page(s): 41-44, fig. 21, table 3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 41-44, fig. 21, table 3 [details] Available for editors
Holotype MCZ 153574, geounit East Pacific Rise [details]
Nontype MCZ 153577, geounit East Pacific Rise [details]
Paratype MCZ 153575, geounit East Pacific Rise [details]
Paratype MCZ 153576, geounit East Pacific Rise [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1618-2616 m. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N. [details]
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. J. Frederick Grassle, prominent deep-sea benthic ecologist of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences. As part of his numerous expeditions to deep-sea locations, Dr. Grassle provided this author and other investigators with numerous polychaetes from vents and other habitats that have resulted in a rich harvest of new species" (Blake, 2020: 44). [details]
Habitat Hydrothermal vents (1618-2616 m). [details]
Type locality Hydrothermal vent area at 21°N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean (20.8333°, -109.1°). [details]
To ZooBank (Nomenclatural Acts) Note: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C1344615-DC39-4782-89FB-F7DBBAB3ECA1
