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): 15-17, fig. 7, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MCZ 153567, geounit Hydrate Ridge [details]
Paratype MCZ 153568, geounit Hydrate Ridge [details]
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Depth range 786 m. [details]
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: off Oregon (USA), Cascadia Subduction Zone. [details]
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Heiko Sahling (1969–2018), marine ecologist, who collected and provided these specimens of Leitoscoloplos and other polychaetes from the Cascadia Subduction Zone and authored an important paper on the macrofauna of the site (Sahling et al. 2002)" (Blake, 2020: 17). [details]
Habitat Sediments with gas hydrates, in lower continental slope depths (786 m). [details]
Type locality Southern summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Subduction Zone, continental margin off Oregon, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean (44.57°, -125.1467°). [details]
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