WoRMS taxon details
original description
Miranda, V. D. R.; Brasil, A. C. D. S. (2014). Two new species and a new record of Scale-worms (Polychaeta) from Southwest Atlantic deep-sea coral mounds. Zootaxa. 3856(2): 211., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.3 page(s): 220 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Miranda, V. D. R.; Brasil, A. C. D. S. (2014). Two new species and a new record of Scale-worms (Polychaeta) from Southwest Atlantic deep-sea coral mounds. Zootaxa. 3856(2): 211., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype IBUFRJ-2132, Instituto de Biologia of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, verbatimGeounit Offshore Brazil, 612... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology homage to Dr. Ruth Barnich [details]
Habitat Harmothoe ruthae is associated with corals L. pertusa,
S. variabilis, E. rostrata and the hydrocoral Errina sp., at a depth range from 570m to 647m. [details]
Type locality Offshore Brazil, 612 m, on Lophelia pertusa, 22 22' 29.95" S, 40 6' 10.36" W (-22.375, -40.1028) [details]
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