Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Nascimento, Rodolfo Leandro; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi; Paiva, Paulo Cesar de. (2020). <i>Exogone</i> Ørsted, 1845 (Annelida: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from Brazilian oceanic islands, with description of a new species and notes on possible hidden diversity in the genus. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50:32 [12 pp.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01055-x page(s): 7-9, fig. 4a-k, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNRJ P 2222, geounit Atol das Rocas [details]
Paratype MNRJ P 2223, geounit Atol das Rocas [details]
Paratype MZUSP 3682, geounit Atol das Rocas [details]
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Depth range 1 m. [details]
Distribution SW Atlantic Ocean: Rocas Atoll (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology "The species is named after the type locality, Rocas Atoll, the only atoll in the South Atlantic" (Nascimento et al., 2020: 9). [details]
Habitat Interstitial in sand and among algae, 1 m depth. [details]
Type locality Rocas Atoll, off State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, SW Atlantic Ocean (-3.8628°, -33.7833°). [details]
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