Deep-Sea source details
Dean, H.K. (1998). A new species of Hesionidae, Glyphohesione nicoyensis (Annelida, Polychaeta), from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111(2): 257-262.
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Dean, H.K.
1998
A new species of Hesionidae, <i>Glyphohesione nicoyensis</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta), from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
111(2): 257-262
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
A new species, Glyphohesione nicoyensis (Family Hesionidae), is described from the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Several morphological characters described for the species G. klatti Friedrich, 1950, and G. longocirrata Licher, 1994 are clarified.
Eastern Pacific warm temperate to tropical
Systematics, Taxonomy
Glyphohesione Friedrich, 1950 (status source)
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Gulf of Nicoya (Costa Rica). [details]
Editor's comment
Authorship is Hilbig alone. Removed unnecessary "In Blake Hilbig & Scott" from authorship line as originally entered. [details]
Editor's comment
alternate entry for original combination Mystides (Pseudomystides) coineaui [details]
Etymology
The specific epithet nicoyensis refers to the type locality of the species, the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific coast ... [details]
Habitat
In mud, muddy sand, and sandy sediments from the intertidal to the subtidal. [details]
Type locality
Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica, Gulf of Nicoya, Punta Morales, mid intertidal, western side of Lagartos sandflat ... [details]
