Polychaeta name details
original description
Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453 page(s): 87-88, plate III fig. 8 [details]
new combination reference
Malaquin, Alphonse. (1890). Sur la reproduction des Autolyteæ. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Science, Paris.</em> 111(25): 989-991., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4822028 page(s): 989; note: as Autolytus [details]
new combination reference
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf page(s): 156-157, fig. 79A-F; note: as Myrianida [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype ZMB Q4380, geounit Kraljevica [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated in original description. [details]
Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kraljevica (Croatia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet rubropunctata is composed by the Latin adjective rubro, meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective punctata, the feminine of punctatus and meaning 'punctuated' or 'pointed', and refers to the coloration of the live specimens, white with 2 to 4 reddish spots across each segment. [details]
Habitat Not stated in original description. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Kraljevica (= Porto Ré) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 45.274º, long. 14.565º). [details]
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