Deep-Sea taxon details
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): 31-34, figs. 15-16, tabel 2 [details] Available for editors 
Holotype MCZ 153591, geounit South China Sea [details]
Paratype MCZ 153592, geounit South China Sea [details]
Paratype MCZ 153598, geounit South China Sea [details]
Paratype MCZ 153600, geounit South China Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1219-1955 m. [details]
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (off Brunei, Island of Borneo). [details]
Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin sparsus for few, and acicula for small pin or needle, referring to the reduced number of acicular spines or uncini found in thoracic neuropodia of this species" (Blake, 2020: 35). [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, in middle continental slope depths (1219-1955 m) [details]
Type locality Off Brunei, Island of Borneo, South China Sea (05.7155°, 114.2065°). [details]
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