WoRMS taxon details

Chaetocirratulus hessleri Blake, 2022

1729700  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1729700)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (2022). New species and records of Caulleriella, Chaetocirratulus and Chaetozone (Annelida, Cirratulidae) from continental shelf and slope depths of the Western North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5113(1): 1-89., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5113.1.1
page(s): 19-22, figs. 8-9, table 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 1660936, geounit North Atlantic Lower...  
Holotype USNM 1660936, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
Note Off New Jersey and Delaware (USA), NW Atlantic...  
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Type locality Off New Jersey and Delaware (USA), NW Atlantic Ocean (38.614°N, 72.8577°W), 2056 m. [details]
Depth range 1337–2056 m.   
Depth range 1337–2056 m.  [details]

Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: off New Jersey and Delaware (USA).  
Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: off New Jersey and Delaware (USA). [details]

Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Robert E. Hessler, prominent deep-sea ecologist whose pioneering studies with Dr....  
Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Robert E. Hessler, prominent deep-sea ecologist whose pioneering studies with Dr. Howard Sanders on the North Atlantic deep-sea benthos introduced the world to the undiscovered richness and diversity of deep-sea benthos" (Blake, 2022: 22). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetocirratulus hessleri Blake, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1729700 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature

original description Blake, James A. (2022). New species and records of Caulleriella, Chaetocirratulus and Chaetozone (Annelida, Cirratulidae) from continental shelf and slope depths of the Western North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5113(1): 1-89., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5113.1.1
page(s): 19-22, figs. 8-9, table 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Holotype USNM 1660936, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1337–2056 m.  [details]

Distribution NW Atlantic Ocean: off New Jersey and Delaware (USA). [details]

Etymology "This species is named for the late Dr. Robert E. Hessler, prominent deep-sea ecologist whose pioneering studies with Dr. Howard Sanders on the North Atlantic deep-sea benthos introduced the world to the undiscovered richness and diversity of deep-sea benthos" (Blake, 2022: 22). [details]

Habitat Continental slope (1337–2056 m). [details]

Type locality Off New Jersey and Delaware (USA), NW Atlantic Ocean (38.614°N, 72.8577°W), 2056 m. [details]
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