Polychaeta 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): 6-9, figs. 1-2, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 11654, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
Paratype CAS CASIZ 234026, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
Paratype LACM AHF Poly 11655, geounit Farallon Escarpment [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2600-3136 m. [details]
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off northern California (USA). [details]
Etymology "This species is named for Mr. Hovie Clifford, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), who carefully prepared the box cores, pingers, and associated equipment used to collect benthic samples on the SF-DODS surveys" (Blake, 2020: 9). [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, in lower continental slope depths (2600-3136 m). [details]
Type locality Continental slope off northern California, west of Farallon Islands, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean (37.6665°, -123.4667°). [details]
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