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Polychaeta source details

Levenstein, R. Ya. (1971). A new polychaete species of the genus Macellicephaloides from the Aleutian Trench. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 28(10): 1429-1431.
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Levenstein, R. Ya
1971
A new polychaete species of the genus Macellicephaloides from the Aleutian Trench
Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
28(10): 1429-1431
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Author initials standardised as R. Ya (also seen as R. J.). Here the author is R. Ya. Article is in a special issue dedicated to Edith & Cyril Berkeley
A new species of polychaete, Macellicephaloides berkeleyi, is described. The description is based on two specimens collected at a depth of 7000m from the Aleutian Trench. The species is thought to be an intermediate link between the genera Macellicephala and Macellicephaloides.
North Pacific
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 Etymology

author: "called Macellicephaloides berkeleyi in honour of Dr Cyril Berkeley" [details]

 Type locality

Aleutian Trench, R/V Vityaz, 45th cruise, station 6085, 50.8017, -173.4833 ( 50 48' 6 N, 173 29' 00 W), 7000m [details]