Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Blake, James A. (2018). Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected chiefly during cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, USNS Eltanin, USCG Glacier, R/V Hero, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, and R/V Polarstern from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, and off Western South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4537(1): 1-130., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4537.1.1 page(s): 48, figure 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1013891, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "fucata, is derived from the Latin fuco, for color, in reference to the pigmentation found on these worms." [details]
Type locality Arthur Harbor, dock at Palmer Station, Palmer Archipelago, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula, R/V Hero Sta. 721-5446, 64.775°S, 64.0683°W, 11m [details]
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