Canadian Register of Marine Species

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Name

Pettibone, Marian H. 1956. Some polychaete worms of the families Hesionidae, Syllidae and Nereidae from the east coast of North America, West Indies, and Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 46(9): 281-294.

SourceID

51334

Authors

Pettibonearian, M. H.

Year

1956

Title

Some polychaete worms of the families Hesionidae, Syllidae and Nereidae from the east coast of North America, West Indies, and Gulf of Mexico

Journal

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Suffix

46(9): 281-294

Type

Publication

Link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39693975

Note

Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB

Geographical terms

Caribbean region
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic term

Polychaeta

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Brania wellfleetensis Pettibone, 1956 (original description)
Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956 accepted as Nereis grayi Pettibone, 1956 (original description)
Parahesione Pettibone, 1956 (original description)

Holotype USNM 22781, geounit Hadley Harbor, identified as Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956
Paratype USNM 22782, geounit Hadley Harbor, identified as Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956
Paratype USNM 27784, geounit Buzzards Bay, identified as Brania wellfleetensis Pettibone, 1956

Depth range

for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

Low water to about 200 m. [details]

Distribution

for Brania wellfleetensis Pettibone, 1956

Western Atlantic coast of the USA: Massachusetts to Florida. [details]

Distribution

for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

Atlantic Ocean: from Massachusetts to North Carolina (USA). [details]

Etymology

for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

The species is named after Milton Gray, who collected the type material. [details]

Grammatical gender

for Parahesione Pettibone, 1956

Pettibone (1956) does not state a genus gender, but Hesione is feminine, and therefore Parahesione is feminine also. [details]

Habitat

for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

In thicky muddy tubes of Sabaco elongatus (Verrill, 1873) (as Maldanopsis elongata), and on muddy and sandy ... [details]

Type locality

for Brania wellfleetensis Pettibone, 1956

Wellfleet Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.9249°, -70.0278°). [details]

Type locality

for Nereis (Nereis) grayi Pettibone, 1956

Hadley Harbour, Uncatena Island, Woods Hole area, Massachusetts, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.516°, ... [details]