WoRMS name details
original description
Fauvel, Pierre. (1919). Annélides Polychètes des îles Gambier et Touamotou. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 25(5): 336-343., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5027005 page(s): 342; note: as Hydroides exaltatus var vesiculosus [details]
taxonomy source
Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98. page(s): 26, Plates 7 & 8; note: record and description from Sabiura, Japan [details]
taxonomy source
Wehe, T.; Fiege, D. (2002). Annotated checklist of the polychaete species of the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 19(7): 7-238., available online at http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/aquazool/mev2/wehe_%26_fiege.pdf page(s): 126; note: Red Sea record of Amoureux regarded as questionable, but original Polynesia specimens not examined by these authors [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Wehe and Fiege (2002) commented the taxon was questionable (in context of the subsequent author Red Sea record they included). As Hydroides exaltata vesiculosa (q.v.) of Managareva the name requires review, appears likely to be a synonym, but currently remains valid. [details]
Etymology Not stated, but H. exaltata vesiculosa was evidently named for its vesicular operculum spine. [details]
Type locality Gatavaké (= Baie de Gatavaké), Mangareva Island, Mangareva/Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, S Pacific, -23.1188° -134.9798° (map estimate). Hartman catalogue incorrectly lists New Zealand as type locality. Also note the "Gambier" of Fauvel's article is in mid Polynesia, and is not a reference to the Australian island group of the same name.
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