Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 page(s): 20, plate 3 figs. a-b [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1146, geounit Oregon [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2000 m. [details]
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet spinosa (masculine: spinosus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'thorny' or 'prickly', and presumably refers to the simple spines present in all parapodia of the species: ''Setae include thick, distally blunt, simple spines in all parapodia'' (Fauchald & Hancock, 1981: 20). [details]
Habitat Sandy silt, at bathyal depths. [details]
Taxonomy Kudenov (1985:339), examined the only specimen and suggested Mucibregma spinosa might be a member of Fauveliopsidae. [details]
Type locality Continental slope off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44.5583º, -125.0767º; finish ---), 2000 m, sandy silt. [details]
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