WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48 page(s): 217, fig. 5g [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Bay of Bengal: 15-37 m. Arabian Sea: 110-113 m. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Indian shelfs of the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet orientalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'of the east', and presumably refers to the geographic location of the type locality and known distribution of the species, around India. [details]
Habitat Arabian Sea: very fine gray-green mud, between 110-113 m. Bay of Bengal: gray mud with little sand, and brown mud, at shelf depths. [details]
Morphology According to Hartman (1976: 217) the specimens from the Bay of Bengal agree with the type specimen from the Arabian Sea in all details except in that they are smaller, and were considered as being probably juveniles. They were also collected at shallower depths than the type specimen. [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, off India, SW Bombay (20º35'N 69º18'E to 20º33'N 69º20'E), between 110-113 m, in very fine gray-green mud. [details]
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