WoRMS taxon details
original description
Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253 page(s): 2617-2618, fig. 8d-f [details]
Holotype USNM 39163, geounit Washington (State) [details]
Nontype USNM 39282, geounit Puget Sound [details]
Paratype USNM 39164, geounit Washington (State) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 35-100 m. [details]
Distribution Puget Sound, Washington, and adjoining waters (Pacific coast of USA). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pege is derived from the Greek word πηγή, meaning 'a spring (of water)', ''to indicate that this study [the publication where the species was described] sprang from the finding of this species'' (Banse, 1969: 2617). [details]
Habitat Coarse sediments of sand and broken shells, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Washington, Pacific Ocean. From one of two dredge hauls from coarse sediment, taken near San Juan Island, Washington (approx. 48º32.5'N, 122º58.5'W): 1) between Reid Rock and Turn Island, on sand from about 60 m in summer 1961; 2) at a nearby station in rather clean sediment mostly made of broken shells, from about 100 m, in summer 1962. [details]
Type material Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM), USA. [details]
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