Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Khlebovich, V. V. (1963). [The littoral bristleworms of family Nereidae (Polychaeta, Errantia) from Hainan Island]. <em>Studia Marina Sinica.</em> 4(4): 47-75, plates I-V [In Chinese and Russian]., available online at https://bit.ly/3qguG1j page(s): 53 [Chinese], 66-68 [Russian], plate III figs. A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range Probably intertidal to shallow water (littoral in estuaries and mangroves). [details]
Distribution South China Sea (Pacific Ocean): Hainan Island (river mouth, in Haikou; Beigang Island; mangrove bushes near Sanya). [details]
Etymology Not stated in original description. The specific epithet hainanica refers clearly to the type locality of the species, Hainan Island (China). [details]
Habitat Littoral in estuaries and mangroves. [details]
Type locality Beigang Island, in the mouth of Dongzhai Harbor, NE Hainan Island, China, South China Sea (gazetteer estimate 20.02°, 110.56°), littoral. [details]
Type material "The holotype (from Beigang Island) is kept at the Institute of Oceanology of the Academy of Sciences of the People's Republic of China." (Khlebovich, 1963: 67). [details]
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