WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Lycastilla cavernicola Solís-Weiss & Espinasa, 1991) Solís-Weiss, Vivianne; Espinasa, Luis. (1991). <i>Lycastilla cavernicola</i>, a new freshwater nereidid from an inland Mexican cave (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Namanereidinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104(3): 631-639., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34809329 page(s): 632-635, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Conde-vela, Victor M. (2017). The troglomorphic adaptations of Namanereidinae (Annelida, Nereididae) revisited, including a redescription of <em>Namanereis cavernicola</em> (Solís-Weiss & Espinasa, 1991), and a new Caribbean species of <em>Namanereis</em> Chamberlin, 1919. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 23: 19-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.23.13701 page(s): 23, fig. 1; note: short redescription, excluding specimens newly described as N. christopheri [details]
new combination reference
Glasby, C.J. (1999). The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 1. Taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement.</em> 25: 1-129., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.25.1999.1354 page(s): 632-635, figs. 1-2; note: New combination, with redescription which included paratypes [details]
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Distribution Central America: Mexico (Isote Cave, Guerrero State) [details]
Habitat Type material (Guerrero State, Mexico) from a freshwater pool in a limestone cave at 1650 metres above sea level, 176 km from Pacific Ocean. St. Vincent specimens found in a spring pool in a Colocasia swamp at c. 415 m [these moved to a new species by Conde-Vela, 2017]. Cuban specimens from a subterranean river in sand and fine gravel. [details]
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