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Polychaeta taxon details

Ophryotrocha batillus Wiklund et al., 2012

606954  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606954)

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Wiklund, Helena; Altamira, Iris V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Smith, Craig R.; Baco, Amy R.; Dahlgren, Thomas G. 2012. Systematics and biodiversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(2): 243-259
page(s): 246 [details]   
Holotype  BMNH NHMUK2012.13, verbatimGeounit East...  
Holotype BMNH NHMUK2012.13, verbatimGeounit East Pacific, Santa ... [details]
Note Santa Cruz Basin, East Pacific, 33° 30′ 0 ...  
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Type locality Santa Cruz Basin, East Pacific, 33° 30′ 0 N, 119° 22′ 0 W,whale-fall at 1675 m [details]
Etymology named after its flattened shovel-like headform, from the latin batillus, meaning ‘shovel’.  
Etymology named after its flattened shovel-like headform, from the latin batillus, meaning ‘shovel’. [details]

Taxonomy "... most similar to Ophryotrocha scutellus Wiklund et al., 2009 described from a shallow whale-fall in the North East...  
Taxonomy "... most similar to Ophryotrocha scutellus Wiklund et al., 2009 described from a shallow whale-fall in the North East Atlantic. In external morphology they seem to be indistinguishable, but they differ genetically ..." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha batillus Wiklund et al., 2012. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606954 on 2024-03-29
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original description Wiklund, Helena; Altamira, Iris V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Smith, Craig R.; Baco, Amy R.; Dahlgren, Thomas G. 2012. Systematics and biodiversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(2): 243-259
page(s): 246 [details]   

additional source Wiklund, Helena; Altamira, Iris V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Smith, Craig R.; Baco, Amy R.; Dahlgren, Thomas G. 2012. Systematics and biodiversity of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(2): 243-259 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype BMNH NHMUK2012.13, verbatimGeounit East Pacific, Santa ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology named after its flattened shovel-like headform, from the latin batillus, meaning ‘shovel’. [details]

Taxonomy "... most similar to Ophryotrocha scutellus Wiklund et al., 2009 described from a shallow whale-fall in the North East Atlantic. In external morphology they seem to be indistinguishable, but they differ genetically ..." [details]

Type locality Santa Cruz Basin, East Pacific, 33° 30′ 0 N, 119° 22′ 0 W,whale-fall at 1675 m [details]