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): 28-29, plate 6 figs. a-d [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1157, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
Nontype USNM 72889, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
Nontype USNM 72890, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1800-2900 m. [details]
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pacifica refers to the type locality of the species, the Pacific Ocean. [details]
Habitat Silty sediments, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44.6383º, -126.0167º; finish 44.6483º, -126.0233º), 2860 m, silty clay. [details]
Type material Holotype (Poly 1157) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
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