WoRMS name details
original description
Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299 page(s): 84-85, plate 11 figs. a-b [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299 [details]
new combination reference
Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428.
, available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464 page(s): 348-350, figs. 82-85, appendix 1; note: as Rullierinereis profundus [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range 1000 m. [details]
Distribution Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda slope (Bermuda). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet profundus -a -um is a Latin adjective meaning 'deep' or 'profound', and (not stated) is assumed to refer to the occurrence of the species in deep-water. [details]
Habitat Occurs at slope depths. Further details unknown. [details]
Nomenclature As Namalycastis is a feminine genus the original spelling of 'profundus' from the adjective 'profundus -a -um' (deep or profound) was incorrect and should be 'profunda' for gender agreement. This also applies to subsequent combinations in Profundilycastis Hartmann-Schröder and in Rullierinereis Pettibone (as Rullierinereis is also feminine [details]
Type locality Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda, Bermuda slope (32º21'18''N, 64º33'00''W), at 1000 m. [details]
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