Polychaeta name details
original description
Strelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170., available online at http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/streltsov1973_paraonidae.pdf page(s): 144-145, fig. 65 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Strelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170., available online at http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/streltsov1973_paraonidae.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZISP No. 1/38025, geounit Bismarck Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1790 m. [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Bismarck Sea (off Papua New Guinea). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet flava is a Latin adjective meaning 'yellow' or 'golden', and refers presumably to the presence of large grains of light-brown to almost yellow colored pigment in the lateral parts of the nuchal region. [details]
Habitat Foraminiferal mud, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Off Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Sea, Pacific Ocean (-3.85°, 147.1833°). [details]
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