WoRMS taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2018). Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected chiefly during cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, USNS Eltanin, USCG Glacier, R/V Hero, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, and R/V Polarstern from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, and off Western South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4537(1): 1-130., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4537.1.1 page(s): 32-37, figures 15A-C, 16A-E, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1013884, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "named after Nathaniel B. Palmer, American whaler, who is reputed to be among the first to sight the Antarctic continent" [details]
Identification author: "It is likely that most of the A. cincinnata identifications by authors of [previous Antarctic] benthic surveys refer to this species." [details]
Type locality West Antarctic Peninsula: Anvers Island, R/V Hero Sta. 824-38-1, 64.757° S, 64.144°W, 193 m [details]
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