Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2018). Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected chiefly during cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, USNS Eltanin, USCG Glacier, R/V Hero, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, and R/V Polarstern from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, and off Western South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4537(1): 1-130., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4537.1.1 page(s): 45, figure 22 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1013888, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "named for the USNS Eltanin, former research vessel of the United States Antarctic Research Program" [details]
Type locality Northern Antarctic Peninsula, NE of Joinville Island: USNS Eltanin Cr. 12, Sta. 1003, 62.68°S, 54.72°W, trawl, 210–220 m [details]
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