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Polychaeta taxon details

Exogonita oculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971

328001  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328001)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]   
Holotype  AHF, geounit North Atlantic Abyssal Province  
Holotype AHF, geounit North Atlantic Abyssal Province [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, northwestern section, abyssal...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, northwestern section, abyssal plains off New England (USA).  [details]
Depth range Abyssal depths, 3806-4825 m.  
Depth range Abyssal depths, 3806-4825 m. [details]

Distribution Atlantic abyssal plain off New England (USA).   
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...  
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]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Exogonita oculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328001 on 2024-04-24
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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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  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]