WoRMS taxon details
Orbiniella rugosa Blake, 2020
1418185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1418185)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
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Holotype MCZ 153582, geounit South China Sea
, Note Off Brunei, Island of Borneo, South China Sea...
Holotype MCZ 153582, geounit South China Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Brunei, Island of Borneo, South China Sea (05.6053°, 113.6293°). [details]
Depth range 1199-2178 m.
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (off Brunei, Island of Borneo).
Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin, ruga for folds or wrinkles, referring to the rugose or rough reticulated appearance of the...
Depth range 1199-2178 m. [details]
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (off Brunei, Island of Borneo).
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (off Brunei, Island of Borneo). [details]
Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin, ruga for folds or wrinkles, referring to the rugose or rough reticulated appearance of the...
Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin, ruga for folds or wrinkles, referring to the rugose or rough reticulated appearance of the epithelium caused by numerous folds" (Blake, 2020: 47) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Orbiniella rugosa Blake, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1418185 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
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Blake, James A. (2020). New species and records of deep-water Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific continental slope, abyssal Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4730(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4730.1.1
page(s): 45-47, fig. 23, table 3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 45-47, fig. 23, table 3 [details] Available for editors

Holotype MCZ 153582, geounit South China Sea [details]
Nontype MCZ 153584, geounit South China Sea [details]
Nontype MCZ 153587, geounit South China Sea [details]
Paratype MCZ 153583, geounit South China Sea [details]
Paratype MCZ 153585, geounit South China Sea [details]
Paratype MCZ 153586, geounit South China Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1199-2178 m. [details]Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (off Brunei, Island of Borneo). [details]
Etymology "The epithet is from the Latin, ruga for folds or wrinkles, referring to the rugose or rough reticulated appearance of the epithelium caused by numerous folds" (Blake, 2020: 47) [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, in continental slope depths (1199-2178 m). [details]
Type locality Off Brunei, Island of Borneo, South China Sea (05.6053°, 113.6293°). [details]
To ZooBank (Nomenclatural Acts) Note: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B4156792-6AC0-4B23-A766-AF2DA124F512