WoRMS taxon details
Holotype AM W.49504, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
Paratype AM W.52703, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
Paratype AM W.52704, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 3952–4280 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: eastern Australia, off New South Wales (abyssal depths, 3952–4280 m). [details]
Etymology From Blake (2023: 277): "The epithet is from abyss, Latin for a bottomless pit or the deep sea, in reference to this species being collected from abyssal depths greater than 3000 m." [details]
Habitat Abyssal plains (3952–4280 m). [details]
Type locality Eastern Australia, abyssal plain off Newcastle, New South Wales (distance 3.5 km, -33.441°, 152.702°, 4280 m to -33.435°, 152.665°, 4173 m). [details]
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