Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Alves, Tarsila Montrezoro. (2006). Two new terebellid polychaetes (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1205: 31-54., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/2840 page(s): 44-52, figs. 5-8, table 1 [details]
Holotype MZUSP 16927, geounit Sao Paulo [details]
Paratype AM W29692, geounit Sao Paulo [details]
Paratype AM W29693, geounit Sao Paulo [details]
Paratype AM W29694, geounit São Sebastião [details]
Paratype MZUSP 16928, geounit Sao Paulo [details]
Paratype MZUSP 16928, geounit São Sebastião [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution SW Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (coast of the State of São Paulo). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet rubra (masculine: ruber or rubrus) is the Latin adjective for 'red', and refers to the red colour of living specimens, although they become white after fixation. [details]
Habitat Intertidal rocky shores, among tufts of algae, colonies of sponges and ascidians. [details]
Type locality Praia de Martim de Sá, Caraguatatuba, State of São Paulo, Brazil, SW Atlantic (-23.6167, -45.3833), intertidal, on rocky shore among tufts of algae, colonies of sponges and ascidians. [details]
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