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Polychaeta taxon detailsMethanoaricia Blake, 2000
325906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325906)
accepted
Genus
Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata Blake, 2000 (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
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/
page(s): 439-440 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype USNM 186776, geounit Gulf of Mexico
Holotype USNM 186776, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Etymology Methano, referring to the methane seep habitat of these worms and Aricia, Latin for nymph, the mythological wife of...
Etymology Methano, referring to the methane seep habitat of these worms and Aricia, Latin for nymph, the mythological wife of Hippolytes, and the generic name of the junior synonym of Orbinia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Methanoaricia Blake, 2000. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325906 on 2024-06-29
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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/
page(s): 439-440 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 186776, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype LACM AHF-Poly 1961, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 186777, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Methano, referring to the methane seep habitat of these worms and Aricia, Latin for nymph, the mythological wife of Hippolytes, and the generic name of the junior synonym of Orbinia. [details]
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