WoRMS name details
original description
Dahlgren, T.G., Glover, Adrian G., Baco, Amy and Smith, Craig R. (2004). Fauna of whale falls: systematics and ecology of a new polychaete (Annelida: Chrysopetalidae) from the deep Pacific Ocean. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 51(12): 1837-1887., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096706370400161X page(s): 1877; note: Santa Cruz Basin, on whale bones [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 BM 2003.645, geounit East Pacific [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: "Concentrations of V. flokati living on whale bones and on surrounding sediments give the appearance of a Greek ‘flokati’, or shaggy woolen rug." As the word is a non-latinised noun, it must be a noun in apposition, and invariant to genus gender. [details]
Type locality Santa Cruz Basin, offshore California, 33 29' N, 119 22' W, 1674 m [details]
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