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Polychaeta source details
Blake, James A. (1986). A new species of Boccardia (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Galápagos Islands and a redescription of Boccardia basilaria Hartman from Southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 85(1): 16-21.
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Blake, James A.
1986
A new species of <i>Boccardia</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Galápagos Islands and a redescription of <i>Boccardia basilaria</i> Hartman from Southern California
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
85(1): 16-21
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb); link to download paper directly from the author's ResearchGate page HERE
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A new species of Boccardia is described from shallow subtidal coral heads of Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands. The species is a borer and related to other species from the eastern Pacific. Boccardia basilaria Hartman, a close relative of the new Galápagos species occurs in subtidal benthic habitats of the southern California continental shelf. The species is redescribed and several deficiencies in its original description are corrected.
California quadrant
Pacific Ocean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Boccardia basilaria Hartman, 1961 (redescription)
Boccardia galapagense Blake, 1986 (original description)
Holotype USNM 80487, geounit Academy Bay, identified as Boccardia galapagense Blake, 1986
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Southern California continental shelf. [details] Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet galapagense is a Latin adjective meaning 'from ... [details] Habitat In silts and black fine sands, at shallow shelf depths. [details] Habitat Found boring into shallow subtidal corals rocks. [details] Holotype Deposited in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 80487). [details] Type locality 8.7 miles, 275° T. from Santa Barbara Point Light, Southern California, USA, Pacific Ocean (34.4097°, -119.9°). [details] Type locality Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands, Pacific Ocean (0°44.50'S, 90°18.35°W; -0.7417°, ... [details] Type material Holotype deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA (LACM AHF Poly 0636). [details] |