WoRMS taxon details
original description
Bick, Andreas. (2005). A new polychaete genus and species of the Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(32): 2987-2996., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930500239843 page(s): 2989-2993, figs. 1-3, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZSRO ZSRO-P1649, geounit Kongsfjord [details]
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1650, geounit Kongsfjord [details]
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1651, geounit Kongsfjord [details]
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1652, geounit Kongsfjord [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 3.5-4 m. [details]
Distribution Greenland Sea: Blomstrandhalvøya, Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Species dedicated to Dr. Jürgen Laudien of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Bremerhaven, who collected some of the specimens and assisted the author during the field investigations on Spitsberg in June 2003. [details]
Habitat Among Bryozoa colonies scraped from a marine cave wall, at a depth between 3 and 4 m. [details]
Type locality Marine grotto near Hansneset, Blomstrandhalvøya, Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Greenland Sea (78°59.08'N, 11°57.43'E; 78.9846°, 11.9572°), on grotto wall, from among Bryozoa colonies, 4m depth. [details]
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