Polychaeta name details
original description
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368 page(s): 628-629 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Bermuda. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet nitidula is the Latin word for 'somewhat elegant' or 'trim', and probably refers to the "very small, slender, nearly smooth" characters of the species. [details]
Habitat Probably in dead corals. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. Further details not provided. [details]
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