[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Marquesas Islands, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

It is known to dwell at a depth range of 300–460 metres.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 54.2 centimetres.

[2] The species epithet "multivertebratum" refers to the eel's possession of a larger quantity of vertebrae than others in the genus Ariosoma.

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