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Polychaeta taxon details

Oligobregma mucronata Blake, 2015

862596  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862596)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3
page(s): 80-84, figs. 8-9 [details]   
Holotype  LACM Poly 7013, geounit Antarctic Peninsula  
Holotype LACM Poly 7013, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Note Southern Ocean, East Antarctic Peninsula,...  
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Type locality Southern Ocean, East Antarctic Peninsula, Larsen-A Ice Shelf Area, Greenpeace Trough, Sta. NBP-21 (64º45.827'S, 060º19.450'W), 912 m.  [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search  
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]

Depth range 323-912 m.  
Depth range 323-912 m. [details]

Distribution Southern Ocean: East Antarctic Peninsula, former Larsen Ice Shelf A area.   
Distribution Southern Ocean: East Antarctic Peninsula, former Larsen Ice Shelf A area.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet mucronata is the Latin adjective for 'pointed', and refers to the sharply pointed thin aristate-like...  
Etymology The specific epithet mucronata is the Latin adjective for 'pointed', and refers to the sharply pointed thin aristate-like tip on some of the large acicular spines of chaetigers 1-3.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Oligobregma mucronata Blake, 2015. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862596 on 2024-04-19
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original description Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3
page(s): 80-84, figs. 8-9 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype LACM Poly 7013, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Nontype Private J.A. Blake, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Nontype Private J.A. Blake, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Nontype Private J.A. Blake, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Nontype Private J.A. Blake, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Nontype Private J.A. Blake, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Nontype Private J.A. Blake, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Nontype Private J.A. Blake, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Paratype LACM Poly 7011, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Paratype LACM Poly 7012, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Paratype LACM Poly 7014, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Paratype USNM 1281914, geounit Antarctic Peninsula [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]

Depth range 323-912 m. [details]

Distribution Southern Ocean: East Antarctic Peninsula, former Larsen Ice Shelf A area.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet mucronata is the Latin adjective for 'pointed', and refers to the sharply pointed thin aristate-like tip on some of the large acicular spines of chaetigers 1-3.  [details]

Habitat Sediments coarse-grained in the upper 5 cm near the surface, overlying fine-grained silt and clay size sediments with depth, between 323-912 m depth.
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Reproduction Sperm platelets observed in one large paratype measuring 10 mm long with 27 chaetigers. Individual sperm observed to have a short rounded nucleus, middle piece consisting of two spherical mitochondria and a long tail or flagellum. Morphology of juveniles described by Blake (2015: 82).  [details]

Type locality Southern Ocean, East Antarctic Peninsula, Larsen-A Ice Shelf Area, Greenpeace Trough, Sta. NBP-21 (64º45.827'S, 060º19.450'W), 912 m.  [details]