Polychaeta name details
original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
new combination reference
Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 1987. A review of species currently assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae), with descriptions of species newly referred to Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Sarsia, 72: 1-28. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 11, fig. 10 [details]
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 1006, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
Nontype LACM AHF, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
Nontype LACM AHF, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range 1377-1417 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Salsipuedes Basin (Gulf of California). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet mexicanus refers to the type locality of the species, Western mexico. [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal depths. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (LACM AHF Poly 1006). [details]
Type locality 5 miles, 93° T. from N end of Isla de las Animas, Western Mexico, Salsipuedes Basin, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean (28.7156°, -113.0514°). [details]
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