WoRMS name details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder G. & Rosenfeldt P. (1990). Die Polychaeten der "Walther Herwig"-Reise 68/1 nach Elephant Island (Antarktis) 1985. Teil 1: Aphroditidae bis Cirratulidae. <em>Mitteilungen aus den Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 87: 89-122. page(s): 109-110, figs. 23-28 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-19944, geounit Elephant Island [details]
Paratype ZMH P-19948, geounit Elephant Island [details]
Paratype ZMH P-19949, geounit Elephant Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 68-370 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctic Ocean: shelf surrounding Elephant Island. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet oculata (masculine: oculatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'having eyes', and refers to the presence of a small pair of reddish-brown eyes slightly anterior to the middle region of the prostomium, on the holotype and most of the specimens: ''Beim Holotypus und bei den meisten Exemplaren 1 Paar kleiner Augen, wenig vor der Mitte des Prostomiums von rötlich-brauner Farbe'' (Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1990: 109). [details]
Habitat Algae or fine sand, clean or mixed with mud or stones, at shelf depths. [details]
Holotype Holotype (ZMH P-19944) deposited at the Zoologische Museum Hamburg, Germany. [details]
Type locality Elephant Island, Antarctic Ocean (61°09.7'S, 56°10.3'W), 290 m, fine sand. [details]
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