original descriptionBlake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online athttp://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653 page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology author: "derived from abyssus, Latin for deep sea" [details] Type locality Drake Passage (Sea area between Cape Horn and S Shetland Islands) [details]