Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Fournier, Judith A.; Conlan, Kathleen E. (1994). A new species of Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae) associated with ice scours in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national D'histoire naturelle.</em> 162: 185-190. page(s): 187 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype CMN CMNA1993-0046, geounit Baffin Bay [details]
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Etymology spatula (Latin for spoon) refers to the diagnostic spatula-like appearance of posterior segments [details]
Habitat Ophryotrocha spatula shows a strong affinity for the disturbed sediments of ice scour berms or troughs as opposed to the compacted sediment outside the scour, and was much more abundant on fresh scours than the older scour [details]
Type locality lce Scour 2: Assistance Bay, Cornwallis Island, Barrow Strait, Resolute area of Eastern Canadian Arctic (archipelago W of Baffin Bay) 74.65, -94.3, depth 7 m [details]
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