WoRMS taxon details
original description
Delgado-Blas, Víctor Hugo ; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar. (2016). Redescription of two species and five new species of <em>Dispio</em> Hartman, 1951 (Spionidae: Polychaeta) from the eastern Pacific Coast and Caribbean Sea, with a review of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4178(1): 151-181., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4178.2.1 page(s): 163-166, fig. 5A-Z, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ECOSUR 0178, geounit Paria, Gulf of [details]
Paratype ECOSUR 0179, geounit Paria, Gulf of [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow subtidal depths. [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of Venezuela (Gulf of Paria; Gulf of Cariaco). [details]
Etymology ''The species is named after Díaz-Díaz's mother-in-law, who recently passed away, and is dedicated to her and all the women in the Bescanza family'' (Delgado-Blas & Díaz-Díaz, 2016: 166). [details]
Habitat Very fine sand and soft sediments in general, at shallow subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Güiria, Gulf of Paria, Atlantic coast of Venezuela (10.5661, -62.7392), shallow subtidal, soft sediment. [details]
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