WoRMS name details
original description
Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213 page(s): 185, figs. 55-65 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Blake, J. A. (1971). Revision of the genus <i>Polydora</i> from the east coast of North America (Polychaeta: Spionidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 75: 1-32., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.75 page(s): 15-17, fig. 10 [details]
Holotype AMNH 3607, geounit Port Royal [details]
Paratype AMNH 3608, geounit Port Royal [details]
From editor or global species database
Association Found associated with an unidentified sponge. [details]
Depth range Not stated. [details]
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Jamaica (Port Royal). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet ancistrata "refers to the shape of the notopodial falcate setae found in the posterior region of this species" (Jones, 1962: 185). [details]
Habitat Found associated with an unidentified sponge. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality Port Royal, Jamaica, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer estimate 17.937°, -76.844°). [details]
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