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Polychaeta source details

Dean, H.K. (1998). A new species of Hesionidae, Glyphohesione nicoyensis (Annelida, Polychaeta), from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111(2): 257-262.
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Dean, H.K.
1998
A new species of Hesionidae, <i>Glyphohesione nicoyensis</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta), from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
111(2): 257-262
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
A new species, Glyphohesione nicoyensis (Family Hesionidae), is described from the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Several morphological characters described for the species G. klatti Friedrich, 1950, and G. longocirrata Licher, 1994 are clarified.
Eastern Pacific warm temperate to tropical
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Glyphohesione Friedrich, 1950 (status source)
Glyphohesione nicoyensis Dean, 1998 (original description)
Holotype MCZ 4015, geounit Gulf of Nicoya, identified as Glyphohesione nicoyensis Dean, 1998
 Depth range

Intertidal to 35 m.  [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Gulf of Nicoya (Costa Rica).  [details]

 Editor's comment

Authorship is Hilbig alone. Removed unnecessary "In Blake Hilbig & Scott" from authorship line as originally entered. [details]

 Editor's comment

alternate entry for original combination Mystides (Pseudomystides) coineaui [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet nicoyensis refers to the type locality of the species, the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific coast ... [details]

 Habitat

In mud, muddy sand, and sandy sediments from the intertidal to the subtidal.  [details]

 Type locality

Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica, Gulf of Nicoya, Punta Morales, mid intertidal, western side of Lagartos sandflat ... [details]