Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Buzhinskaja, Galina N.; Smirnov, Roman V. (2017). A new species of <i>Raricirrus</i> (Polychaeta, Ctenodrilidae) from the continental slope of the Laptev Sea near the Gakkel Ridge. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.</em> 321(4): 425-432., available online at https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/eng/publication.html?id=311 page(s): 427-430, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZIRAS 1/50650, geounit Laptev Sea [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 2/50561, geounit Laptev Sea [details]
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Depth range 1992-1993 m. [details]
Distribution Arctic Ocean: north of the Laptev Sea. [details]
Etymology "The specific name [arcticus] refers to the occurrence of the species in the Arctic Ocean" (Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2017: 427). [details]
Habitat Bottom of silty pelite with a strong odour of hydrogen sulfide and a fraction of fine sand, temperature near bottom -0.81°C, salinity 34.86‰, at bathyal depths (1992-1993 m). [details]
Type locality North of the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean (77.6953°, 125.9192°), 1992-1993 m, bottom of silty pelite with a strong odour of hydrogen sulfide and a fraction of fine sand, temperature near bottom -0.81°C, salinity 34.86‰. [details]
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