Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Oliveira, Verônica Maria de; Magalhães, Wagner F.; Lana, Paulo da Cunha. (2021). Ten new species of <em>Phyllodoce</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Phyllodocidae, Annelida) from Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4924(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4924.1.1 page(s): 16-21, figs. 12-14, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZUEC ZUEC–POL 16661, geounit Campos Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 65 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (margin of continental shelf in Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro; Paranaguá Bay, Paraná). [details]
Etymology "The epithet of this species is derived from the Latin ‘coloratilis’ meaning brown, tanned. This name was chosen because of the brown pigmentation characteristic of the posterior region of the prostomium" (Oliveira et al., 2021: 20). [details]
Habitat Sandy-muddy substrates, from the intertidal zone to 65 m depth. [details]
Type locality Continental shelf in Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, southwestern Atlantic Ocean (-23.9192°, -43.0139°), 29 m. [details]
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