CCZ taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1 page(s): 38-40, figs. 18-19, table 3 [details] Available for editors
Holotype USNM 1594176, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 1594177, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 1594180, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 1594178, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 1594179, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 4844-4880 m. [details]
Distribution Abyssal North Equatorial Pacific Ocean: Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. [details]
Etymology "The epithet is derived from the Latin abyssus, in reference to the deep-sea habitat of the species" (Blake, 2020: 40). [details]
Habitat Abyssal plain (4844-4880 m). [details]
Type locality Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, abyssal plain, North Equatorial Pacific Ocean (12.9428°, -128.5902°). [details]
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