WoRMS taxon details
original description
Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New <em>Prionospio</em> and <em>Aurospio</em> Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(1): 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.1 page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 2015:1199, geounit Porcupine Abyssal Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Diagnostic features are three pairs of branchiae, first pair starting on chaetiger 3 and the last pair being much longer than the other two. [details]
Distribution Porcupine Abyssal Plain 48°N, 16° W (Northeast Atlantic Ocean) 4800 m [details]
Etymology 'tribranchiata' refers to the three pairs of branchiae [details]
Type locality Porcupine Abyssal Plain, North East Atlantic, 48.83 -16.4937, 4844 m [details]
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