WoRMS taxon details
original description
Sikorski, Andrey V.; Pavlova, Lyudmila V.; Sardá, Rafael; Langeneck, Joachim; Gil, João; Ravara, Ascensão. (2021). Two new deep-sea species of <i>Laonice</i> (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4908(4): 515-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.5 page(s): 517-519, figs. 1, 2A-H, 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MOM INV-0022694, geounit Sicily-Malta Escarpment [details]
Nontype DBUA 0002235.03, geounit Gulf of Cadiz [details]
Paratype DBUA 0002347.01, geounit Blanes Canyon [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/18547, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Paratype MOM INV-0022695, geounit Sicily-Malta Escarpment [details]
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Depth range 350 m; 1200–2346 m. [details]
Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Mediterranean Sea (Balearic slope; Blanes submarine canyon; Malta Escarpment; Gulf of Cadiz (Mercator mud volcano). [details]
Etymology "The species is dedicated to Professor Alberto Castelli (University of Pisa, Italy), who provided the material that enabled the establishment of the new species, in recognition of his numerous and important contributions to the knowledge of the Mediterranean fauna of polychaetes" (Sikorski et al., 2021: 518). [details]
Habitat Bathyal and abyssal depths, in clayish silt. [details]
Type locality Malta Escarpment, Central Mediterranean Sea (36.5310°N, 15.4340°E), 1200 m. [details]
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