WoRMS taxon details
original description
Conde-Vela, Victor Manuel. (2021). Revision of <em>Ceratonereis</em> Kinberg, 1865 recorded from the Caribbean Sea, with description of two new <em>Ceratonereis</em> species and a new combination of <em>Platynereis</em> Kinberg, 1865. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5026(3): 301-343., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5026.3.1 page(s): 319, figures 11-12; note: Contoy Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Caribbean Sea [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ECOSUR 0245, geounit Quintana Roo [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "maya is a noun in apposition. ‘Mayan people’ is a collective term commonly used
to refer indigenous peoples living mainly in southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador" [details]
Identification Prior identifications were to Ceratonereis singularis (non Treadwell, 1929) and to Ceratonereis excisa (non Grube 1873) [details]
Type locality Contoy Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Caribbean Sea, 21.5290, -86.8032 (21 31 44.28" N, 86 48 11.53" W), 1.5 m [details]
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