WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458 page(s): 53-54, plate 8 figs. a-e [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AHF, geounit North Atlantic Abyssal Province [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit North Atlantic Abyssal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Abyssal depths, 3806-4825 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic abyssal plain off New England (USA). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet oculata makes reference to the two pairs of red eyes present at the outer ectal margins of the prostomium, with the two eyes of a side being confluent. [details]
Habitat Abyssal plains. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, northwestern section, abyssal plains off New England (USA). [details]
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