WoRMS taxon details
original description
Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. II. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(2): 159-165., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5532364m/f41.image.r=Ouest-Eclair.langES page(s): 159-160, fig. 1 [details]
additional source
Ong, Bessie. (1995). Polychaetes of Telok Aling, Penang, Malaysia. <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 43(1): 257-283., available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/43rbz257-283.pdf page(s): 276-279, fig. 12A-I [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated by Fauvel (1928). Intertidal (Ong, 1995). [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Gulf of Mannar (Shingle Island, India); Malacca Strait (Teluk Aling sand flat, NW Penang Island (= Pulau Pinang), Malaysia). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having branchiae' or 'having gills', and presumably refers to the presence of branchiae, six pairs in the type species. [details]
Habitat Not stated by Fauvel (1928). Medium to fine sand with less than 5% silt and clay (Ong, 1995). [details]
Type locality Shingle Island, India, Gulf of Mannar, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate 09.241°, 79.236°). [details]
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