Deep-Sea taxon details
Aedicira oregonensis Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
326226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326226)
accepted
Species
Aedicira Hartman, 1957 represented as Aricidea (Aedicira) Hartman, 1957
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 7, plate 1 fig. a [details]
page(s): 7, plate 1 fig. a [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1162, geounit Cascadia Plain
, Note Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, USA, NE...
Holotype LACM Poly 1162, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44.6567º, -126.9850º; finish 44.6633º, -126.9867º), 2800 m, silty clay. [details]
Type material Holotype (Poly 1162) and paratypes (Poly 1163) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
Depth range 1200-2900 m.
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA).
Etymology The specific epithet oregonensis refers to the type locality of the species, off central Oregon (USA).
Depth range 1200-2900 m. [details]
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA).
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet oregonensis refers to the type locality of the species, off central Oregon (USA).
Etymology The specific epithet oregonensis refers to the type locality of the species, off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aedicira oregonensis Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326226 on 2025-04-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aedicira oregonensis Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326226 on 2025-04-06
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Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 7, plate 1 fig. a [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
page(s): 7, plate 1 fig. a [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM Poly 1162, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
Paratype LACM Poly 1163, geounit Cascadia Plain [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1200-2900 m. [details]Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet oregonensis refers to the type locality of the species, off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Habitat Sandy silt to silty clay, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Cascadia Abyssal Plain, off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44.6567º, -126.9850º; finish 44.6633º, -126.9867º), 2800 m, silty clay. [details]
Type material Holotype (Poly 1162) and paratypes (Poly 1163) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA. [details]
