WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1971). Abyssal polychaetous annelids from the Mozambique Basin off southeast Africa, with a compendium of abyssal polychaetous annelids from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 28(10): 1407-1428., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f71-219 page(s): 1409-1411, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Hartman, Olga. (1971). Abyssal polychaetous annelids from the Mozambique Basin off southeast Africa, with a compendium of abyssal polychaetous annelids from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 28(10): 1407-1428., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f71-219 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AHF, geounit Mozambique Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 4886-5089 m. [details]
Diagnosis Orbiniinae with pointed prostomium, abdominal branchiae and all thoracic setae crenulated capillaries. Twelve thoracic segments; transition from thorax to abdomen abrupt. Abdominal notopodia with crenulated capillaries and furcate setae; abdominal neuropodia with crenulated capillaries and acicular spines. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Mozambique Basin. Known from the type locality, from a single specimen. [details]
Ecology Abyssal species. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet profunda is the feminine of the Latin adjective profundus, meaning 'deep' or 'profound', and refers to the known depth range of the species. [details]
Habitat Abyssal plain, red-brown mud. [details]
Type locality Mozambique Basin, Indian Ocean (34°06-10'S, 41°14-15'E). [details]
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