Polychaeta name details
original description
Lattig P, G San Martín and D Martin (2007) Taxonomic and morphometric analyses of the <i>Haplosyllis spongicola</i> complex (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Spanish seas, with re-description of the type species and descriptions of two new species. Scientia Marina 71(3): 551-570 page(s): 562-564, figs. 5-6, table 3 [details]
new combination reference
Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/10606, geounit West Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2-85 m. [details]
Distribution Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet granulosa refers to the granulose look of the dorsal surface of the specimens, due to the presence of internal glands with pore openings. [details]
Habitat On calcareous concretions of Mesophyllum lichenoides and Litophyllum expansum, among rhizomes of Posidonia oceanica, and on detritic bottoms. [details]
Type locality Western Mediterranean, Nerja, South Spain (geocoordinates not provided but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 36.743850º, long. -03.875266º). [details]
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