Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48 page(s): 235-236, fig. 12a-b [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Zhadan, Anna E.; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2019). Revision of Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971 (Annelida, Sedentaria). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4637(1): 1-67., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4637.1.1 page(s): 57-60, figs. 35-36; note: as Riseriopsis arabica [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range 65-110 m. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman (Arabian Sea). Hartman (1976: 236) also refers specimens from the Mozambique Channel (Indian Ocean). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet arabica is the feminine of the Latin adjective arabicus, meaning 'arabic' or 'pertaining to Arabs or Arabia', and refers to the type locality of the species, the Arabian Sea (Gulf of Oman). [details]
Habitat Muddy and clayey sediments, mixed with dead shells. [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, off Iran (25º10'N, 60º27'E to 25º08'N, 60º23'E), between 65-82 m, in clay, mud, and shells. [details]
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