Polychaeta name details
original description
Delgado-Blas, Victor Hugo; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar; Viéitez Martín, José M. (2019). On the diversity of the genus Spiophanes Grube, 1860 (Annelida: Spionidae) in the Spanish peninsular coast, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 60(4): 335-351., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?id=42281 page(s): 347 Figure 7 A-M; note: Mediterranean between Cape San Antonio and Valencia harbour [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/2624, geounit Valencia [details]
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Etymology Authors: the Spiophanes pulchram "epithet refers to the Latin pulchram, which means beautiful." However, while this is true, 'pulchram' is a rare accusative feminine singular noun form, whereas the appropriate adjectival forms would be one of pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum (masc, fem, neuter). Generally beautiful is adjectival, but a noun usage can be abstract as "he found something beautiful in the sunset". There are no other 'pulchram' epithets in WoRMS, whereas there are 588 variants of the masculine 'pulcher' alone used in species epithets. Here 'puchram' can be treated as a noun in apposition [details]
Type locality between Cape San Antonio and Valencia harbour, Mediterranean Sea, 39.15, -0.033 (39º9’N-0º2’W), depth not stated, but offshore [details]
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