cf. Polynoidae morphospecies

Amon, Diva J, Ziegler, Amanda F, Drazen, Jeffrey C, Grischenko, Andrei V, Leitner, Astrid B, Lindsay, Dhugal J, Voight, Janet R, Wicksten, Mary K, Young, Craig M & Smith, Craig R, 2017, Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 14598-14598 : 14598

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scientific name

cf. Polynoidae morphospecies
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cf. Polynoidae morphospecies

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Polynoidae morphospecies; scientificName: Polynoidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Annelida; class: Polychaeta; order: Phyllodocida; family: Polynoidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg, 1856; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4222; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude: 12.5849; decimalLongitude: -116.7102; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Diva J. Amon, Amanda Ziegler; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; eventDate: 2015-03-09; eventTime: 14:37; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (AV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation GoogleMaps

Notes

Distinct segments and thick parapodia visible. Pennate shape with body narrowing toward anterior and posterior. Often swimming near the benthos.

Fig. 3