Polychaeta name details
original description
Jones, Meredith L. (1961). Two new polychaetes of the families Pilargidae and Capitellidae from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2049: 1-18., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3490 page(s): 3-9, figs. 1-14 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Revision of the Pilargidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including descriptions of new species, and redescription of the pelagic <i>Podarmus ploa</i> Chamberlain (Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 118(3525): 155-207., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7759547 page(s): 170-172, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AMNH 3601, geounit Alligator Point [details]
Paratype AMNH 3602, geounit Alligator Point [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Alligator Harbor (Franklin County, Florida, USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet papillosus is a Latin adjective, meaning 'papillose' or 'having papillae', and presumably refers to the papillae covering the body of the species, being strewn on the palpi, prostomium, and peristomium, more dense on the dorsum of the rest of the body, more sparse ventrally, and almost absent on the head region. [details]
Habitat Sandy-silt bottoms of coastal lagoons, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, Franklin County, Alligator Harbor (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 29.808º, long. -84.858º), on sandy-silt bottom, at shallow water. [details]
Type material Holotype (AMNH 3601) and paratype (AMNH 3602) deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA). [details]
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