WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf page(s): 107-108, plate 15 figs. 134-136 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Paresque, Karla; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. 2014. The genus <i>Exogone</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Brazilian coast, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3790 (4): 501-533. page(s): 508-510, fig. 5 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Red Sea: Egypt (Hurghada). Indian Ocean: Australia (Western Australia). Atlantic Ocean: Angola, Brazil (Paraíba and São Paulo). Pacific Ocean: Australia (New South Wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet simplex in a Latin word meaning 'single', 'simple', or 'not complex', and refers to the main feature of the species, having all the chaetae simple, not composed. [details]
Habitat Amongst algae, balanids, detritus, and fine sand, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Red Sea, Egypt, Hurghada (= Ghardaqa) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 27.25, long. 33.86). [details]
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