Polychaeta taxon details
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): 126-127, plate 20 fig. a [details]
context source (Deepsea)
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 [details]
redescription
Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1 page(s): 197, figure 100; note: description based on the holotype and four further specimen from the North Atlantic abyssal plain. [details]
Holotype LACM, geounit Hatteras Abyssal Plain [details]
Nontype LACM, geounit Hatteras Abyssal Plain [details]
Nontype LACM, geounit Hatteras Abyssal Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 4825-5023 m [details]
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Hatteras Abyssal Plain. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet antennata refers to the presence of two long prostomial lobes, originally interpreted as a pair of cirriform frontal antennae. It is correctly originally spelled with a feminine suffix as Scalibregmella is a feminine gender genus, unlike most Scalibregmatidae genera which are neuter gender. [details]
Habitat Abyssal plain, type of sediment not stated. [details]
Type locality Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Hatteras Abyssal Plain, between New England and Bermuda (34.7167° to 34.675°, -66.5467° to -66.5833°). [details]
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