Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Chávez-López, Yessica. (2021). Sabellariids (Annelida: Sedentaria: Sabellariidae) from shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, including three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5048(2): 191-214., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5048.2.3 page(s): 195, figures 3A–F; 4A–J; note: Turpialito, Cumaná, Venezuela coast, on Millepora, 1.5 m [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ECOSUR ECOSUR-252, geounit Venezuela [details]
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Diagnosis Only one location is known for both I mikeli and I bastidai.. Author “Idanthyrsus mikeli n. sp. was found in the same aggregation as I. bastidai n. sp. [and is] distinguished [from it] mainly by the morphology of the outer paleae, presenting distally curved blades and short, curved marginal denticles in I. mikeli n. sp. and nearly straight blades with long, slender, straight marginal spines in I. bastidai n. sp.” [details]
Etymology Author: Idanthyrsus mikeli "is named after Dr. Ildelfonso Liñero-Arana (Mikel), who collected the type specimens. The name is based on his nickname ‘Mikel’. The species name is a noun in the genitive case (ICZN 1999, Art. 31.1.2)." [details]
Type locality Turpialito, Cumaná, Venezuela, on Millepora, 1.5 m, geolocation not given, as provided by author is 10.4438°, -64.0331. Collected from in an Idanthyrsus bastidai cluster [details]
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