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Polychaeta name details

Procera bifidentata Ben-Eliahu, 1977

338687  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338687)

 unaccepted (basionym; misspelling of Proceraea)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 87-88, fig. 14 [details]   
Holotype  BMNH 1997.1076, geounit Gulf of Aqaba  
Holotype BMNH 1997.1076, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
Note Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai, northern flank of the Wadi Kabila alluvial fan (latitude given by Ben-Eliahu & Safriel (1982) as 28º16'00"N, longitude estimated with gazetteer to be 34º24'35"E).  [details]
Depth range Intertidal.   
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.   
Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet bifidentata refers to the short bifid teeth that alternate with the 9 longer denticles. In reality...  
Etymology The specific epithet bifidentata refers to the short bifid teeth that alternate with the 9 longer denticles. In reality they are two short teeth fused for 1/2 their length (Nygren, 2004).  [details]

Nomenclature Corrected spelling, from Procera to Proceraea.   
Nomenclature Corrected spelling, from Procera to Proceraea.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Procera bifidentata Ben-Eliahu, 1977. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338687 on 2024-04-20
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 87-88, fig. 14 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype BMNH 1997.1076, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet bifidentata refers to the short bifid teeth that alternate with the 9 longer denticles. In reality they are two short teeth fused for 1/2 their length (Nygren, 2004).  [details]

Habitat Low-midlittoral vermetid reefs of Dendropoma cf. meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972 on wave-battered beachrock slabs.  [details]

Nomenclature Corrected spelling, from Procera to Proceraea.  [details]

Type locality Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai, northern flank of the Wadi Kabila alluvial fan (latitude given by Ben-Eliahu & Safriel (1982) as 28º16'00"N, longitude estimated with gazetteer to be 34º24'35"E).  [details]