Polychaeta name details
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ page(s): 286 [details]
source of synonymy
Fauvel, Pierre. (1909). Deuxième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'<i>Hirondelle</i> et de la <i>Princesse-Alice</i>, ou déposées dans la Musée Océanographique de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 142: 1-76., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46491917 page(s): 1 [details]
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 460, geounit Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Upper intertidal, in a zone submerged only 3-4 hours a day. [details]
Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: English Channel (Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Normandy, France). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet elongatus means 'prolonged' or 'elongated' and is the perfect passive participle of the Latin verb elongo, and refers presumably to the length of the body of the species, stated to be about 5 cm long. [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, in the upper intertidal. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (MNHN POLY TYPE 460. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue, Cotentin peninsula, Normandy coast, France, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 49.583°, -1.262°). [details]
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