Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2022). New species and records of Caulleriella, Chaetocirratulus and Chaetozone (Annelida, Cirratulidae) from continental shelf and slope depths of the Western North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5113(1): 1-89., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5113.1.1 page(s): 19-22, figs. 8-9, table 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1660936, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1337–2056 m. [details]
Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: off New Jersey and Delaware (USA). [details]
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Robert E. Hessler, prominent deep-sea ecologist whose pioneering studies with Dr. Howard Sanders on the North Atlantic deep-sea benthos introduced the world to the undiscovered richness and diversity of deep-sea benthos" (Blake, 2022: 22). [details]
Habitat Continental slope (1337–2056 m). [details]
Type locality Off New Jersey and Delaware (USA), NW Atlantic Ocean (38.614°N, 72.8577°W), 2056 m. [details]
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