WoRMS taxon details
original description
Graff, Jason R.; Blake, James A.; Wishner, Karen F. (2008). A new species of <i>Malacoceros</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Kick'em Jenny, a hydrothermally active submarine volcano in the Lesser Antilles Arc. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 88(05): 925-930., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315408001884 page(s): 926-928, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 1086647, geounit Grenada [details]
Paratype USNM 1086649, geounit Grenada [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 262 m. [details]
Distribution Known only from the type locality, the Kick'em Jenny submarine volcano (NE Grenada, Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles Arc). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the orginal description. The specific epithet jennicus refers to the type locality of the species, the Kick'em Jenny submarine volcano (NE Grenada, Lesser Antilles Arc). [details]
Habitat Crater of a hydrothermally active submarine volcano, 262 m depth. [details]
Type locality Kick'em Jenny submarine volcano, NE Grenada, Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles Arc (12.3013°, -61.6376°). [details]
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