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Pettibone, Marian H. 1956. Some polychaete worms of the families Hesionidae, Syllidae and Nereidae from the east coast of North America, West Indies, and Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 46(9): 281-294.
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Pettibonearian, M. H.
1956
Some polychaete worms of the families Hesionidae, Syllidae and Nereidae from the east coast of North America, West Indies, and Gulf of Mexico
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences
46(9): 281-294
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Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB
Caribbean region
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Holotype USNM 22781, geounit Hadley Harbor, identified as Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956
Paratype USNM 22782, geounit Hadley Harbor, identified as Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956
Paratype USNM 27784, geounit Buzzards Bay, identified as Brania wellfleetensis Pettibone, 1956
 Depth range

Low water to about 200 m. [details]

 Distribution

Western Atlantic coast of the USA: Massachusetts to Florida.  [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: from Massachusetts to North Carolina (USA). [details]

 Etymology

The species is named after Milton Gray, who collected the type material. [details]

 Grammatical gender

Pettibone (1956) does not state a genus gender, but Hesione is feminine, and therefore Parahesione is feminine also. [details]

 Habitat

In thicky muddy tubes of Sabaco elongatus (Verrill, 1873) (as Maldanopsis elongata), and on muddy and sandy ... [details]

 Type locality

Wellfleet Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.9249°, -70.0278°). [details]

 Type locality

Hadley Harbour, Uncatena Island, Woods Hole area, Massachusetts, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.516°, ... [details]