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Polychaeta taxon details

Thelepus fraggleorum Capa & Hutchings, 2006

390245  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390245)

accepted
Species
marine
Capa, María; Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (2006). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Coiba National Park, Panamanian Pacific, including description of four new species and synonymy of the genus <i>Paraeupolymnia</i> with <i>Lanicola</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1375: 1-29., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1375.1.1
page(s): 23-26, figs. 2Q-T, 7A-I [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  MNCN 16.01/10529, geounit Coiba National Park...  
Holotype MNCN 16.01/10529, geounit Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection [details]
Note Jicarita Island, Coiba National Park, Panama,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Jicarita Island, Coiba National Park, Panama, Pacific Ocean (7.6306°, -81.7417°). [details]
Type material Holotype: MNCN 16.01/10529, Jicarita Island, 7º37'50''N 81º44'30''W [details]
Depth range 0-15 m.  
Depth range 0-15 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Panama (Jicarita Islet; Santa Cruz Islet).  
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Panama (Jicarita Islet; Santa Cruz Islet). [details]

Etymology "This species is dedicated to the Fraggles [Jim Henson's Muppets], incredible creatures that live in Fraggle Rock and that...  
Etymology "This species is dedicated to the Fraggles [Jim Henson's Muppets], incredible creatures that live in Fraggle Rock and that share some similarities with this new species" (Capa & Hutchings, 2006: 26). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus fraggleorum Capa & Hutchings, 2006. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390245 on 2024-04-18
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original description Capa, María; Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (2006). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Coiba National Park, Panamanian Pacific, including description of four new species and synonymy of the genus <i>Paraeupolymnia</i> with <i>Lanicola</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1375: 1-29., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1375.1.1
page(s): 23-26, figs. 2Q-T, 7A-I [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MNCN 16.01/10529, geounit Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection [details]
Paratype AM W29702, geounit Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection [details]
Paratype AM W29708, geounit Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/10530, geounit Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/10531, geounit Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection [details]
Paratype USNM 1093378, geounit Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0-15 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Panama (Jicarita Islet; Santa Cruz Islet). [details]

Etymology "This species is dedicated to the Fraggles [Jim Henson's Muppets], incredible creatures that live in Fraggle Rock and that share some similarities with this new species" (Capa & Hutchings, 2006: 26). [details]

Habitat In gorgonians and driftwood, intertidal to subtidal depths. [details]

Type locality Jicarita Island, Coiba National Park, Panama, Pacific Ocean (7.6306°, -81.7417°). [details]

Type material Holotype: MNCN 16.01/10529, Jicarita Island, 7º37'50''N 81º44'30''W [details]