WoRMS taxon details

Leitoscoloplos sahlingi Blake, 2020

1418175  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1418175)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
page(s): 15-17, fig. 7, table 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  MCZ 153567, geounit Hydrate Ridge  
Holotype MCZ 153567, geounit Hydrate Ridge [details]
Note Southern summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Southern summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Subduction Zone, continental margin off Oregon, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean (44.57°, -125.1467°). [details]
Depth range 786 m.  
Depth range 786 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off Oregon (USA), Cascadia Subduction Zone.  
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off Oregon (USA), Cascadia Subduction Zone. [details]

Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Heiko Sahling (1969–2018), marine ecologist, who collected and provided these...  
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Heiko Sahling (1969–2018), marine ecologist, who collected and provided these specimens of Leitoscoloplos and other polychaetes from the Cascadia Subduction Zone and authored an important paper on the macrofauna of the site (Sahling et al. 2002)" (Blake, 2020: 17). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos sahlingi Blake, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1418175 on 2024-04-18
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2020-02-05 00:02:52Z
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original description Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
page(s): 15-17, fig. 7, table 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype MCZ 153567, geounit Hydrate Ridge [details]
Paratype MCZ 153568, geounit Hydrate Ridge [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 786 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off Oregon (USA), Cascadia Subduction Zone. [details]

Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Heiko Sahling (1969–2018), marine ecologist, who collected and provided these specimens of Leitoscoloplos and other polychaetes from the Cascadia Subduction Zone and authored an important paper on the macrofauna of the site (Sahling et al. 2002)" (Blake, 2020: 17). [details]

Habitat Sediments with gas hydrates, in lower continental slope depths (786 m). [details]

Type locality Southern summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Subduction Zone, continental margin off Oregon, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean (44.57°, -125.1467°). [details]