Blake, J.A. (1981). <i>Polydora</i> and <i>Boccardia</i> species (Polychaete: Spionidae) from Western Mexico, chiefly from calcareous habitats. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 947-962., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599834 page(s): 947-950, fig. 1 [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1296, geounit Gulf of California
Holotype LACM Poly 1296, geounit Gulf of California [details]
, Note 3-5 km west of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora,...
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Type locality 3-5 km west of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean (gazetter estimate 31.32º, -113.58º), 15 m, from shell of Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845). [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California (Sonora, Mexico).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California (Sonora, Mexico). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet barbilla is a Spanish noun normally meaning 'chin' or 'tip of the chin', but is used here as the...
Etymology The specific epithet barbilla is a Spanish noun normally meaning 'chin' or 'tip of the chin', but is used here as the equivalent of ''barb, as on a fish'' (Blake, 1981: 949). It refers to the notopodial spines present in the posterior region of the body, which have minute barbs ('púas' or 'pinchos', in Spanish) basally directed on shaft. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora barbilla Blake, 1981. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330907 on 2024-05-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polydora barbilla Blake, 1981. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330907 on 2024-05-01
original descriptionBlake, J.A. (1981). <i>Polydora</i> and <i>Boccardia</i> species (Polychaete: Spionidae) from Western Mexico, chiefly from calcareous habitats. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 947-962., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599834 page(s): 947-950, fig. 1 [details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
source of synonymyBlake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara page(s): 193 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM Poly 1296, geounit Gulf of California [details]Paratype LACM Poly 1297, geounit Gulf of California [details]Paratype USNM 58978, geounit Gulf of California [details]
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Association The type specimens were found boring into the shell of a Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845). [details] Depth range 15 m. [details] Distribution Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California (Sonora, Mexico). [details] Etymology The specific epithet barbilla is a Spanish noun normally meaning 'chin' or 'tip of the chin', but is used here as the equivalent of ''barb, as on a fish'' (Blake, 1981: 949). It refers to the notopodial spines present in the posterior region of the body, which have minute barbs ('púas' or 'pinchos', in Spanish) basally directed on shaft. [details] Habitat Boring into gastropod shells, at shallow water. [details] Type locality 3-5 km west of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean (gazetter estimate 31.32º, -113.58º), 15 m, from shell of Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845). [details]