WoRMS name details
original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1931). New terebellid annelids <i>Thelepus haitiensis</i> and <i>Terebella hiata</i>. Two new species from Haiti. <em>Zoologica, New York.</em> 12(8): 79-81., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096833 page(s): 80-81, fig. 14C-F [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 page(s): 297; note: as Polymniella aurantiaca Verrill, 1900 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf page(s): 66-68, fig. 19A-J; note: as Terebellobranchia hiata (Treadwell, 1931) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water (Beebe, 1928). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: Caribbean Sea (Gulf of Gonâve, Haiti). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet hiata seems to be derived from hiatus, a Latin noun meaning 'break', 'interruption', or 'missing gap' and seems to refer to the ventral shape of the upper lip: "ventrally it is thicker and bends around so that [...] it appears as a sausage-shaped lobe on either side of the mouth, the two lobes almost meeting in the mid-ventral line" (Treadwell, 1931: 81). [details]
Habitat Probably shallow water reefs. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH 3550). [details]
Type locality Possibly Sand Cay, north of Bizoton Reefs, Southern region of Bay of Port-au-Prince, Gulf of Gonâve, Haiti, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer estimate 18.58°, -72.39°; details in Beebe (1928) and Londoño-Mesa (2009)). [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
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