Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf page(s): 77-78, plate 4 figs. 24-26 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 page(s): 237-239, fig. 100 [details]
Holotype ZMH 14654, geounit Red Sea [details]
Paratype ZMH P-14655, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water, between 0.5-1.5 m. [details]
Distribution Red Sea: Sudan (Sha'ab Anbar) and Saudi Arabia (Saso). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet dentata refers to the conspicuous very strong and regular spines present on the shafts of the falcigerous chaetae. [details]
Habitat On living and dead corals, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Red Sea, Sudan, Sha'ab Anbar (= Schab Anbar or Shaab Ambar) Island (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be lat. 19.24º, long. 37.73º). [details]
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