Etymology

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author: "spinosa is from the Latin, spina for thorn, and refers to the distinctive neuropodial spines that characterize the species"

Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]. available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653 Available for editors   [request]