WoRMS taxon details
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): 248 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
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]
Holotype BMNH NHMUK2012.19, verbatimGeounit East Pacific, Santa ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology named after a famous braid-bearing girl, Pippi Longstocking, in children’s books by Astrid Lindgren as it has long antennae and palps resembling braids. In Swedish, she is called Pippi Langstrump. [details]
Type locality Santa Cruz Basin, East Pacific, 33° 30 0 N, 119° 22 0 W, wood parcel at 1672 m [details]
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