Polychaeta name details
original description
Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 page(s): 570, plate XXXII fig. 24a-c [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Musco, Luigi (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Northeast Atlantic: Madeira Island. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet insignis, Latin adjective meaning 'distinguished by a mark' or 'conspicuous', refers to the irregularly shaped brown-reddish pigment mark on the prostomium and peristomium, as well as to the two small marks of the same colour on the tip of the palps that distinguishes the species. [details]
Habitat Among algae on the beach. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island (Portugal) (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 32.64º, long. -16.9º). [details]
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