Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Brown, Betsy. (1987). A new genus and species of Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 56-61. page(s): 56-61, figs. 1-2 [details]
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 97580, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
Paratype USNM 97581, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
Paratype USNM 97582, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
Paratype USNM 97583, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 560-1513 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: U.S. continental slope, from North Carolina to Massachusetts. [details]
Etymology Author: "named in honor of Dr. Marian H. Pettibone on the occasion of her 75th birthday" [details]
Habitat In fine muds and muddy sands, at slope and bathyal depths. [details]
Reproduction Sexes apparently separated. Females with up to five eggs per segment. [details]
Type locality Off North Carolina, US coast 34.2655 -75.7693, 583 m [details]
Type material Deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM). [details]
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