Polychaeta name details
original description
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x page(s): 38-39, fig. 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf page(s): 43-44, fig. 5A-E; note: as Proceraea anopla [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype BMNH 1932.12.24.185-190, geounit Limon Bay [details]
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Depth range Not stated, probably at shallow water. [details]
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Limon Bay (Panama). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet anoplos is a New Latin adjective derived from the Ancient Greek meaning 'without shield' or 'unarmed', and refers to the pharynx of the species, originally interpreted as having no teeth. [details]
Habitat On a wreck covered with sponges, Balanus, etc., probably at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Limon Bay (= Bahía Limón), Colón, Panama, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer estimate 9.34°, -79.93°). [details]
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