WoRMS taxon details
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). Polychaete worms from a cave in the Bahamas and from experimental wood panels in deep water of the North Atlantic (Polynoidae, Macellicephalinae, Harmothoinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(1): 127-149., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648400 page(s): 146-148, figure 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Holotype USNM 81223, geounit Virgin Islands part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin vagabundus, wandering, referring to its association with sunken pieces of wood [details]
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]
Type locality Caribbean Sera, off St. Croix, Virgin Islands [details]
|