Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2022). New species and records of Caulleriella, Chaetocirratulus and Chaetozone (Annelida, Cirratulidae) from continental shelf and slope depths of the Western North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5113(1): 1-89., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5113.1.1 page(s): 54-57, figs. 27-28 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1661373, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 605 m. [details]
Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: off Charleston (South Carolina, USA). [details]
Etymology "The epithet [novagracilis] is from novus, Latin for new or recent; and gracilis, Latin for slender or thin and is in reference to the close morphological similarity of the new species to C. gracilis (Moore, 1923)" (Blake, 2022: 56). [details]
Habitat Continental slope (605 m), in sediment consisting of 94-95% sand with low water content. [details]
Type locality Off Charleston, South Carolina (USA), NW Atlantic Ocean (32.3877°N, 77.2755°W), 605 m. [details]
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