Polychaeta name 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): 41-43, plate 3 figs. a-f [details]
context source (Deepsea)
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 [details]
source of synonymy
Fauchald, Kristian. (1977). Polychaetes from intertidal areas in Panama, with a review of previous shallow-water records. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 221: 1-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.221 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype LACM AHF, geounit Baja California [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range From 1481.3 to 3751 m. [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Mexico (Pacific coast of Baja California; Gulf of California). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet abyssalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'of or pertaining to an abyss', and refers presumably to the known bathymetry of the species, ranging from 1481.3 to 3751 m depth. [details]
Habitat Clay, mud and rocks, at slope and bathyal depths. [details]
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (USA). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality 29 miles, 180.5° T. from Isla Natividad light to Mid Pt., Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean (from 27.4°, -115.2042° to 27.3881°, 115.2292°), 1312-1355 fathoms (about 2399.4-2478.0 m), green mud. [details]
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