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Polychaeta source details
Narayanaswamy & Blake. 2005. A new species of Orbiniella (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from deep basins of Antarctica. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85(4) : 843-846
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During the 2002 Antarctic Deep-sea Biodiversity (ANDEEP) programme to the Drake Passage, Weddell Sea Basin and South Sandwich Slope and trench, a new deep-water species of orbiniid polychaete was collected: Orbiniella andeepia sp. nov. Orbiniella andeepia appears to be most closely related to O. marionensis but differs in capillary setal structure, the type and number of acicular spines found in each podial lobe. Orbiniella andeepia is only the third deep-water species of Orbiniella to be discovered. It exhibits both a wide depth- and geographic-range within the Antarctic slope and abyssal sediments.
Antarctic
Weddell Sea
Leitoscoloplos drakei (Hartman, 1967) (new combination reference)
Orbiniella andeepia Narayanaswamy & Blake, 2005 (original description) Orbiniella drakei Hartman, 1967 accepted as Leitoscoloplos drakei (Hartman, 1967) (status source)
Weddell Abyssal Plain for Orbiniella andeepia Narayanaswamy & Blake, 2005
Distribution Antarctica: Drake Passage, South Shetland Islands; Northern Weddell Sea Basin; and South Sandwich Slope. [details] Ecology From fine-medium silts to coarse silts and medium sands. [details] Etymology The species is named after the acronym used for the Antarctic Deep-sea Biodiversity programme - ANDEEP. [details] Type locality Antarctica, Northern Weddell Sea Basin. [details] |