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Name

Treadwell, Aaron L. (1931). New terebellid annelids Thelepus haitiensis and Terebella hiata. Two new species from Haiti. Zoologica, New York. 12(8): 79-81.

SourceID

51959

Authors

Treadwell, Aaron L.

Year

1931

Title

New terebellid annelids <i>Thelepus haitiensis</i> and <i>Terebella hiata</i>. Two new species from Haiti.

Journal

Zoologica, New York

Suffix

12(8): 79-81

Type

Publication

Link

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096833

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Abstract

Through the courtesy of Director Beebe the polychaetous annelids collected on the 1927 expedition of the New York Zoological Society to Haiti were submitted to me for examination. While most of the material was made up of old species, two are new, and their description follows.

Geographical term

Caribbean region

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Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931 accepted as Terebellobranchia hiata (Treadwell, 1931) (original description)
Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931 (original description)

Holotype USNM 16114, geounit Mayaguez, identified as Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901
Holotype AMNH 3550, geounit Haiti, identified as Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931
Holotype AMNH 3554, geounit Haiti, identified as Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931

Depth range

for Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931

Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water (Beebe, 1928). [details]

Depth range

for Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901

402-411 m. [details]

Depth range

for Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931

Shallow water. [details]

Distribution

for Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931

Western Atlantic Ocean: Caribbean Sea (Gulf of Gonâve, Haiti). [details]

Distribution

for Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901

Western Atlantic Ocean: Caribbean Sea (off Puerto Rico). [details]

Distribution

for Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931

Western Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Sea. [details]

Etymology

for Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet hiata seems to be derived from hiatus, a Latin noun ... [details]

Etymology

for Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet crassibranchiatus is composed by the Latin adjective ... [details]

Etymology

for Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931

Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet haitiensis refers to the type locality of ... [details]

Habitat

for Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931

Probably shallow water reefs. [details]

Habitat

for Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901

Type of sediment unknown, at slope and bathyal depths. [details]

Habitat

for Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931

Amongst sponges, and under stones, in shallow water reefs and other substrates. [details]

Holotype

for Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931

Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH 3550). [details]

Holotype

for Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931

Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH 3554). [details]

Type locality

for Terebella hiata Treadwell, 1931

Possibly Sand Cay, north of Bizoton Reefs, Southern region of Bay of Port-au-Prince, Gulf of Gonâve, Haiti, ... [details]

Type locality

for Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931

Lamentin Reefs, near shore, 5.6 km West of Bizoton reefs, southern region of Bay of Port-au-Prince, Gulf of ... [details]