WoRMS taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3 page(s): 76-78, figs. 6A-E, 7 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM Poly 7009, geounit Weddell Sea [details]
Paratype LACM Poly 7008, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range 385-768 m. [details]
Distribution Southern Ocean: Antarctic Peninsula. Known only from the vicinity of the Larsen Ice Shelf A area of the Weddell Sea side of the Antarctic Peninsula. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet palmeri derives from the name of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, research vessel of the United States Antarctic Program, "on which most of the specimens reported in this paper were collected" (Blake, 2015). The research vessel is named after Nathaniel B. Palmer, "an American whaler, who is reputed to be among the first to sight the Antarctic continent" (Blake, 2015). [details]
Habitat Not stated specifically, but considering data from nearby stations, probably from sediments dominated by silt and clay and mixed with coarse sand and gravel, from depths between 385-768 m. [details]
Type locality Southern Ocean, Antarctica, East Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea, off Lindenberg Island, Sta. NBP-03 (64º53.533'S, 059º30.694'W), 385 m. [details]
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