Polychaeta name details
original description
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn page(s): 97, fig. 19A-F [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 81852, geounit Galapagos Rise [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2730 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents). [details]
Etymology "The species is named for the late Professor Ernst Ehlers of the University of Göttingen in recognition of his very careful work on orbiniids from the southern oceans" (Blake, 1985: 97). [details]
Habitat Known from the vicinity of geothermal vents, but not associated with its community, 2730 m depth. [details]
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM): holotype USNM 81852. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift area, vicinity of geothermal vents, area 20 km south of 'Mounds Area', R/V Gillis Stn. 301 (00º35'N, 86º05'W), 2730 m. [details]
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