Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Johnson, H.P. (1902). Collateral budding in annelids of the genus <i>Trypanosyllis</i>. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 36(424): 295-315., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2454005 page(s): 295-302, figs. 1-6 [details]
additional source
Berkeley, E.; Berkeley, C. (1952). Re-discovery of the polychaete worm <i>Trypanosyllis ingens</i> Johnson. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 8c(7): 488-490., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f50-033 [details]
Holotype, geounit California [details]
Nontype USNM 35667, geounit Vancouver Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: Pacific Grove (California, UDA); Holberg Inlet (Vancouver Island, Canada). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet ingens is a Latin adjective meaning 'huge', 'vast', or 'enormous', and refers to the big size of the species, being 13 cm in length, exclusive of the tail buds, 6 mm in width, and having about 476 segments. [details]
Habitat Under stones between tide marks. [details]
Reproduction Collateral budding. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Central California, Pacific Grove (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 36.623º, long. -121.914º). [details]
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