Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New <em>Prionospio</em> and <em>Aurospio</em> Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(1): 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.1 page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 2015:1041, geounit Portugal [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Diagnostic features are two pairs of branchiae, lack of sabre chaetae, hooded hooks bi- or tridentate. Most similar to Prionospio kaplani [details]
Distribution recorded from the Nazaré, Setúbal and Cascais canyons of the Portuguese margin at depths of 3214–4364 m [details]
Etymology Authors: "named after the research programme HERMES." [details]
Type locality Setúbal canyon, off Portugal, 38.1543 -9.6157, 3275 m [details]
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