Oneirophanta mutabilis complex

Description

General: Bright white; many long, stiff projecting parapodia. This category includes O. mutabilis mutabilis and O. mutabilis affinis which may be indistinguishable on video.

Geographic Information

Published depth range: 1805 - 6000 m

Habitat description: Benthic, soft sediment.

Ocean range (global): Cosmopolitan.

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: David Pawson, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Lauerman, L.M.L., R.S. Kaufmann, and K.L. Smith Jr. (1996). Distribution and abundance of epibenthic megafauna at a long time-series station in the abyssal northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research 1, 43: 1075-1103.

Maluf, L.Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the Central Eastern Pacific echinoderms. Technical Reports, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2:242.