Polychaeta name details
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719 page(s): 504, plate LXV figs. 5-9 [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. page(s): 362 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1877.11.28.118, geounit Davis Strait [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 20 fathoms (about 36.6 m). [details]
Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: Davis Strait. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet groenlandica refers to the type locality of the species, Greenland (Davis Strait). [details]
Habitat Shell-sand, at shallow shelf depths. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality Off Greenland, Davis Strait, NW Atlantic Ocean (60.8333°, -55.450°). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the The Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1877.11.28.118). [details]
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