Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 page(s): 248-249, plate 51 figs. d-g [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]
additional source
García-Garza, M.E.; de León-González, J.A. (2015). The genus <i>Notomastus</i> (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico, with the description of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 128(2): 176-189., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.176 page(s): 177-178 [details]
Holotype LACM AHF POLY 1012, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2260-2890 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (from off Cabo Falso and the Tres Marias Islands through the southerm and central parts of the Gulf). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet abyssalis, Latin adjective meaning 'of, pertaining to, or resembling an abyss', refers to the great depths at which the species lives. [details]
Habitat Deep water sediments. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, western Mexico, Baja California Sur, Isla San José, 33.5 miles 053ºT from Punta Colorado (25º21'00''N, 110º05'00''W). [details]
Type material Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA (LACM-AHF POLY 1012). [details]
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