WoRMS taxon details
original description
Núñez, Jorge; Barnich, Ruth; Monterroso, Óscar. (2022). A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Canary Islands, and update on taxa present in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 846(1): 55-74., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1965 page(s): 63-69, figures 2–6, tables 2–3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype TFMC BM-AN/246, geounit Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology the species name refers to the characteristic pigmented patches on the elytra, thus described by the Latin adjective ‘maculatus’ in its female ending [details]
Type locality east coast of Gran Canaria, off Tufía, Canary Islands, east Atlantic, 27.9652, -15.4067, 27 m, fine sand [details]
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