Flabelligeridae de Saint-Joseph, 1894
Brada Stimpson, 1854
Brada bransfieldia Hartman, 1967
Voucher. ENDEVOUR: station E10FA.
Diagnosis. Voucher is medium size specimen, 12mm long and 2mm wide, posteriorly incomplete; colour in alcohol pale yellow. Voucher agrees well with Brada bransfieldia Hartman, 1967 in possessing smooth (under low magnification), linear body, segment 5 with a pair of rounded, translucent nephridial pores and in chaetal form: first chaetae are longer than others, 2-3 per fascicle; other notochaetae few, very long and slender; neurochaetae about 4-5 per fascicle, simple, very short, stout, terminating in a long slender tip.
Remarks. Images of Hartman’s specimens deposited at USNM collection can be seen via following link: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/?qn=Brada+bransfieldia. Type locality: Bransfield Strait, Southern Ocean. Hartman (1967) reported following distribution: Bransfield Strait in 884-1120m and South Shetland Islands in 311-4758m.
