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Polychaeta taxon details

Erseia oligochaeta Nygren, Sundkvist, Mikac & Pleijel, 2010

531004  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531004)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nygren, Arne; Sundkvist, Tobias; Mikac, Barbara; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2010. Two new and two poorly known autolytines (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Madeira and the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 2640: 35–52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02640p052f.pdf
page(s): 42-44, fig. 2A-D [details]   
Note Croatia, Istria, 2 km west of Rovinj...  
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Type locality Croatia, Istria, 2 km west of Rovinj (45º05.220'N, 13º36.517'E). [details]
Depth range 27 m.  
Depth range 27 m. [details]

Distribution Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea, only known from type locality.   
Distribution Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea, only known from type locality.  [details]

Etymology The species epithet oligochaeta is derived from the Greek oligos, meaning few, and the Greek khaite meaning 'hair' or...  
Etymology The species epithet oligochaeta is derived from the Greek oligos, meaning few, and the Greek khaite meaning 'hair' or 'bristle', and refers to the few chaetae this species is provided with.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Erseia oligochaeta Nygren, Sundkvist, Mikac & Pleijel, 2010. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531004 on 2024-03-28
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original description Nygren, Arne; Sundkvist, Tobias; Mikac, Barbara; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2010. Two new and two poorly known autolytines (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Madeira and the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 2640: 35–52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02640p052f.pdf
page(s): 42-44, fig. 2A-D [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Depth range 27 m. [details]

Diagnosis Procerini with only 1-2 unidentate simple chaetae in all chaetigers, and a trepan with single large, and 25-28 smaller teeth. [details]

Distribution Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea, only known from type locality.  [details]

Etymology The species epithet oligochaeta is derived from the Greek oligos, meaning few, and the Greek khaite meaning 'hair' or 'bristle', and refers to the few chaetae this species is provided with.  [details]

Habitat On sponges and hydroids.  [details]

Type locality Croatia, Istria, 2 km west of Rovinj (45º05.220'N, 13º36.517'E). [details]