Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (1992). Polychaeta from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the eastern pacific. III. A new genus and two new species of Spionidae from the Guaymas Basin and Juan de Fuca Ridge with comments on a related species from the western North Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 105(4): 723-732., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35607908 page(s): 724-727, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Holotype USNM 148673, geounit Guaymas Basin [details]
Paratype USNM 148672, geounit Guaymas Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2004-2008 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Guaymas Basin. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet dibranchiata is composed by the Greek prefix di-, meaning 'two' or 'double', and the Latin adjective branchiata, feminine of branchiatus and meaning 'having branchiae', referring to the presence of both dorsal and ventral branchiae on each parapodium of the species from about chaetiger 20. [details]
Habitat Soft sediments at bathyal depths, in hydrothermal mounds. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico, Guaymas Basin, Southern Trough, hydrothermal mounds (27º01'N, 111º24'W), 2004 m, soft sediment. [details]
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