WoRMS taxon details
Holotype LACM LACM-AHF 1907, geounit Bahía San Cristóbal [details]
Paratype UANL 3983, geounit Bahía San Cristóbal [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 15.5 m. [details]
Distribution Mexican Pacific coast: San Cristóbal Bay (Baja California Sur). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honor of Dr. Kristian Fauchald (b. July 1, 1935 - d. April 4, 2015), research zoologist at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA, ''for his outstanding contributions to the knowledge of the annelid polychaetes'' (de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2000: 563). [details]
Habitat Silty sand, at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality San Cristóbal Bay, 11 mi. 178.5º from Morro Hermoso Point, Baja California Sur, Mexican Pacific Ocean coast (27º20'38''N, 114º43'55''W), 15.5 m, glauconitic silty sand. [details]
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