Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Amaral, Antonia Cecília Zacagnini. (2001). New terebellids (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) living in colonies of a stony coral in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(1): 285-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35516362 page(s): 288-292, figs. 1A-D, 2A-H [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZUEC MHN-BPO 80/0, geounit Ilha de Alcatrazes [details]
Paratype ZUEC MHN-BPO 80/1, geounit Ilha de Alcatrazes [details]
Paratype ZUEC MHN-BPO 80/2-4, geounit Sao Paulo [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (Ilha de Alcatrazes and Laje de Santos, State of São Paulo). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet bisetosa is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having two bristles or chaetae', and is composed by the Latin prefix bi-, meaning 'two', and the Latin adjective setosa (masculine: setosus), meaning 'bristly' or 'having bristles' (from seta, 'bristle'), and refers to the presence of two types of notochaetae in all nototopodia of the species. [details]
Habitat Inside colonies of the stony coral Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1868), on intertidal rocky shores. [details]
Type locality Ilha de Alcatrazes, State of São Paulo, Brazil, southwest Atlantic Ocean (provided geocoordinates 26°06'S, 45°42'W slightly misplaced, corrected here to 24°06'S, 45°42'W), intertidal rocky shores, in colonies of the stony coral Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1868). [details]
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