Polychaeta taxon details
Syntype NHMUK 1933.7.10.286-290, geounit Santa Cruz Island [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1933.7.10.291-293, geounit Gorgona Island [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to subtidal. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gorgona Island (Colombia); Albemarle (= Isabela) and Indefatigable (= Santa Cruz) islands (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description, the specific epithet gorgonae refers to Gorgona Island (Colombia, Pacific Ocean), one of the type localities of the species. [details]
Habitat Fine gravel in pools, and under stones, intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Type locality Syntypes from three localities in the Pacific Ocean: a) Gorgona Island, Panama (gazetteer estimate 2.965°, -78.171°); b) Conway Bay, Indefatigable Island (= Isla Santa Cruz), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (gazetteer estimate -0.548°, -90.518°); Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island (= Isla Isabela), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (gazetteer estimate -0.2645°, -91.3705°). [details]
Type material Syntypes from at least two of the three type localities deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1933.7.10.286-290 and 1933.7.10.291-293). [details]
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