Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype USNM 56470, geounit Valparaíso [details]
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Etymology author: "named after the country where it was originally found". Also the species is based on part of the type material of Therochaetella chilensis Hartman 1967 [details]
Type locality author as "off Santiago, Chile", but this is not possible as Santiago is about 90 kilometers inland. The location is not far south from the coastal port of Valparaiso. Geolocation -33.2333°, -71.7833°(33°14' S, 71°47' W) 209 m depth [details]
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