Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H.; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2014). <em>Laubieriopsis </em><em>petersenae </em>n. sp. and <em>L. cf. cabiochi</em> (Amoureux, 1982) (Polychaeta: Fauveliopsidae) from dredge disposal sites off Honolulu, Hawaii. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3893(1): 143-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.7 page(s): 145-146, figs. 1-2 [details]
Holotype USNM 1251829, geounit Oahu Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 397-507 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off Oahu (Hawaii, USA). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Named after the late Mary Petersen who first described genus Laubieriopsis. [details]
Habitat Different mixes of sand and mud, at upper slope depths. [details]
Type locality Mamala Bay, south shore of Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean, 21.2221, -157.9515, 498 m [details]
Type material Laubieriopsis petersenae paratype code numbers: Paratype register numbers were published as BPBM R3645-48 but have been changed to BPBM R3664-67 by the Bishop Museum. (information received from Wagner Magalhães, July 2015). [details]
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