WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
de León-González, Jesús Ángel; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio Ignacio. (2003). Four new nereidid species (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected during the MUSORSTOM cruises in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 25(3): 365-375., available online at https://bit.ly/3IVh04i page(s): 373-374, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Holotype MNHN POLY 75, geounit Loyalty Islands [details]
Nontype ECOSUR, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype UANL 5082, geounit Philippines [details]
Paratype UANL 5081, geounit Loyalty Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 181-588 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands; Île des Pins); Philippines. [details]
Etymology "The species is named to honor the great polychaetologist Marian H. Pettibone, who dedicated part of her work to the study of nereidid polychaetes" (de León-González & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003: 373). [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not specified, at shelf and slope depths (181-588 m). [details]
Type locality W Lifou, S baie du Santal, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean (20.8833°S, 167.05°E), 588 m. [details]
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