WoRMS taxon details
original description
Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425 page(s): 188-190, plate XVII figs. 3-7 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425 [details]
additional source
Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253 page(s): 2603-2604, figs. 1b-c, 1g, 2 [details]
Holotype USNM 17249, geounit California [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range Slope depths: 360-514 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off California (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet crassifilis is composed by the Latin adjective crassi, plural of crassus and meaning 'thick' or 'gross', and the Latin noun filis, plural of filum and meaning 'thread', 'string' or 'filament', and presumably refers to the presence of thick filiform appendages in the species, such as the "large, prehensile tentacles, which are thick and transversely grooved at the base and in the contracted state" and the "Four pairs of stout [...] gills [...] about as thick as the cephalic tentacles and equal in length the anterior 18 to 22 segments" (Moore, 1923: 189). [details]
Habitat Black sand, pebbles, and rocks, at slope depths. [details]
Specimen Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM 17249). [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, USA, California, Channel Islands, Gull Island, S. coast of Santa Cruz Island, N. 40d E., 2.7 miles, (33º57'02''N, 119º49'28''W), 197-281 fathoms (= 360.3-513.9 meters), black sand, pebbles, rock. [details]
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