WoRMS taxon details
original description
Day, J.H. 1965. Israel South Red Sea Expedition, 1962, Reports no. 7. Some Polychaeta from the Israel South Red Sea Expedition, 1962. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, 38: 15-27. page(s): 24-25, fig. 2i-n [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Thomassin, B.A. (1970). Contribution à l'étude des polychètes de la région de Tuléar (S.W. de Madagascar). III. Sur les Capitellidae des sables coralliens. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d'Endoume.</em> 10: 71-101. page(s): 91-93, fig. 12; note: spelled 'steinitzi' [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1963.13.4, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Ecology Intertidal coral sands. [details]
Etymology Species dedicated to Heinz Steinitz (April 26, 1909 - April 28, 1971), a senior Israeli marine biologist and herpetologist. [details]
Type locality Abiad Bay (= Mersat Abiad), Entedebir Island (= Intraya Deset), Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea (Red Sea). [details]
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