Deep-Sea taxon details
Holotype AM W.53900, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
Paratype AM W.52683, geounit Tasman Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2793–4031 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off eastern Australia (2793–4031 m). [details]
Etymology From Blake (2023: 282): "The epithet is from arista, Latin for long pointed awn (of grasses) or ear; in reference to the pointed tip of the acicular spines of this species." [details]
Habitat Lower continental slopes and abyssal plains (2793–4031 m). [details]
Type locality Abyssal plain off New South Wales, eastern Australia, Hunter Marine Park (-32.131°, 153.527° to -32.163°, 153.524°), 4031 m. [details]
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