Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 page(s): 21-22, plate 4 figs. a-g [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1143, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2800 m. [details]
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour of Dr. Andrew G. Carey, Jr. (Oregon State University, USA), ''who made it possible for us to study these collections'' (Fauchald & Hancock, 1981: 22). [details]
Habitat Silty clay, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44.6333º, -126.0367º; finish 44.6333º, -126.1º), 2800 m, silty clay. [details]
Type material Holotype (Poly 1143) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
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