Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype ZMUC, geounit Icelandic part of the North Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range 843 Danish fathoms (about 1440 m). [details]
Distribution North Atlantic Ocean: off Iceland. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet longipes is a Latin adjective meaning 'long-footed' or 'long-legged', and refers presumably to the length of the parapodia of the species, described as being "well developed, long, muscular [...] In length this parapodium also calls to mind that of Admetella longepedata" (Ditlevsen, 1917: 67, 69). [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal depths. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. [details]
Type locality Southwest Iceland, Atlantic Ocean (62.1°, -22.5°). [details]
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