WoRMS taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn page(s): 95-97, fig. 18A-D [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 81850, geounit Galapagos Rise [details]
Paratype USNM 81851, geounit Galapagos Rise [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2727-2730 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet aciculata is the feminine of the Latin adjective aciculatus, meaning 'aciculated' or 'covered with pins', and refers to the presence of 1-4 acicular spines per ramus in both notopodia and neuropodia. [details]
Habitat Known from the vicinity of geothermal vents, but not associated with its community, 2727-2730 m depth. [details]
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM): holotype USNM 81850, paratypes USNM 81851. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift area, vicinity of geothermal vents, area 20 km south of 'Mounds Area', R/V Gillis Stn. 301 (00º35'N, 86º05'W), 2730 m. [details]
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