WoRMS taxon details
original description
Perkins, Thomas H. 1987. Levidoridae (Polychaeta), new family, with descriptions of two new species of Levidorum from Florida. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 162-168. page(s): 166-168, fig. 3 [details]
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
redescription
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf page(s): 90, fig. 38A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 97435, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 55 m. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Florida shelf (USA). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The species is named in honor of Dr. Marian H. Pettibone, "whose research during a long and illustrious career has contributed much to our knowledge of the Polychaeta". [details]
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM). [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico (Florida shelf (USA), 55 nmi W of Egmont Key (27º37'N, 83º58'W) [details]
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