Polychaeta name details
original description
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280 page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
additional source
Riser, N.W. (1997). <i>Syllides eburneus</i>, a new species, with notes on other members of the genus (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the coast of New England and New Brunswick. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 110(1): 143-149., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35458165 [details]
Syntype USNM 412, geounit Massachusetts [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Low water. [details]
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: USA (Massachusetts). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet convoluta is the feminine of the Latin word convolutus, meaning 'coiled' or 'interlaced', and refers to the behaviour described by Webster & Benedict (1884: 710): "This species throws itself quickly into a coil, very much as is the habit of Glycera (Rhynchobolus)". [details]
Habitat Sand, in low water. [details]
Type locality Northwest Atlantic, USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, Race Run, near Provincetown (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 42.0633º, long. -70.2399º). [details]
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