Polychaeta name details
original description
Cantone, Grazia 1971. Ricerche sulla fauna e sulla zoogeografia della Sicilia. 51. Ricerche sui Policheti della Sicilia. I. Bollettino delle sedute dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania, Ser. 4, 10(10): 914-944. page(s): 926-929, figs. 4-9 [details]
additional source
Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140. page(s): 121 [details]
source of synonymy
Paxton, H. (1983). Revision of the genus <i>Micronereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Notophycinae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 35(1): 1-18., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.35.1983.299 page(s): 6-7, figs. 1-2, table 1 [details]
Allotype UniCt, geounit Catania Gulf [details]
Holotype UniCt, geounit Catania Gulf [details]
Nontype UniCt, geounit Catania Gulf [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea: Cannizzaro, eastern coast of Sicily (Italy). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet siciliensis refers to the type locality of the species, Sicily (Italy). [details]
Habitat Amongst algae on basaltic rocks, intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Type locality Cannizzaro (Catania), eastern coast of Sicily, Gulf of Catania, Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer estimate 37.5413º, 15.1361º), among algae attached to basaltic rocks, at the sea level, 5-10 cm below the water level. [details]
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