WoRMS taxon details
original description
Sikorski, Andrey; Pavlova, Lyudmila. (2018). Two new species of Laonice (Norgensia) (Spionidae, Polychaeta) from subtropical Atlantic and subequatorial Pacific coasts of North America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4418(2): 171-178., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4418.2.6 page(s): 175-177, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMD NHMD-157378, geounit Sapelo Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range About 135.5 m (= 451 feet). Depth of "843 m" in the text is a lapsus (Andrey Sikorski, pers. comm., 2018-05-11). [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: off Sapelo Island (Georgia, USA). [details]
Etymology "The name is dedicated to Dr Erik Rasmussen who collected at Sapelo Island for the collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark in the 1960’s" (Sikorski & Pavlova, 2018: 176). [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Off Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA, Atlantic Ocean (30.8014°, -80.0°). [details]
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