Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458 page(s): 40-41, plate 3 figs. a-c [details]
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 0871, geounit North West Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 196 m. [details]
Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: continental slope off New England (USA). [details]
Etymology "The specific name refers to the paired dorsal crests of the body segments" (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971: 41). These crests are described as "raised, paired organs on the dorsum [...], within the parapodial bases, from segment 2 to the end; they increase in size to form a trim row along the length of the body; at greatest development they are somewhat erect, hollowed on their medial sides, and seem to be subcutaneously connected across the middorsum" (op. cit). [details]
Habitat Continental slope (196 m). [details]
Holotype Deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (USA). [details]
Type locality Continental slope off New England (USA), NW Atlantic Ocean (40.0267°, -70.6783°), 196 m. [details]
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