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Polychaeta name details

Polydora barbilla Blake, 1981

330907  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330907)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, J.A. (1981). <i>Polydora</i> and <i>Boccardia</i> species (Polychaete: Spionidae) from Western Mexico, chiefly from calcareous habitats. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 947-962., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599834
page(s): 947-950, fig. 1 [details]   
Holotype  LACM Poly 1296, geounit Gulf of California  
Holotype LACM Poly 1296, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Note 3-5 km west of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality 3-5 km west of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean (gazetter estimate 31.32º, -113.58º), 15 m, from shell of Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845). [details]
Depth range 15 m.  
Depth range 15 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California (Sonora, Mexico).  
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California (Sonora, Mexico). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet barbilla is a Spanish noun normally meaning 'chin' or 'tip of the chin', but is used here as the...  
Etymology The specific epithet barbilla is a Spanish noun normally meaning 'chin' or 'tip of the chin', but is used here as the equivalent of ''barb, as on a fish'' (Blake, 1981: 949). It refers to the notopodial spines present in the posterior region of the body, which have minute barbs ('púas' or 'pinchos', in Spanish) basally directed on shaft. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora barbilla Blake, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330907 on 2024-04-18
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Blake, J.A. (1981). <i>Polydora</i> and <i>Boccardia</i> species (Polychaete: Spionidae) from Western Mexico, chiefly from calcareous habitats. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 947-962., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599834
page(s): 947-950, fig. 1 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

source of synonymy Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 193 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype LACM Poly 1296, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Paratype LACM Poly 1297, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Paratype USNM 58978, geounit Gulf of California [details]
From editor or global species database
Association The type specimens were found boring into the shell of a Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845).  [details]

Depth range 15 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California (Sonora, Mexico). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet barbilla is a Spanish noun normally meaning 'chin' or 'tip of the chin', but is used here as the equivalent of ''barb, as on a fish'' (Blake, 1981: 949). It refers to the notopodial spines present in the posterior region of the body, which have minute barbs ('púas' or 'pinchos', in Spanish) basally directed on shaft. [details]

Habitat Boring into gastropod shells, at shallow water.  [details]

Type locality 3-5 km west of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean (gazetter estimate 31.32º, -113.58º), 15 m, from shell of Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845). [details]