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Polychaeta taxon details

Harmothoe vagabunda Pettibone, 1985

328280  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328280)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). Polychaete worms from a cave in the Bahamas and from experimental wood panels in deep water of the North Atlantic (Polynoidae, Macellicephalinae, Harmothoinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(1): 127-149., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648400
page(s): 146-148, figure 6 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  USNM 81223, geounit Virgin Islands part of...  
Holotype USNM 81223, geounit Virgin Islands part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Note Caribbean Sera, off St. Croix, Virgin Islands  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caribbean Sera, off St. Croix, Virgin Islands [details]
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin vagabundus, wandering, referring to its association with sunken pieces of wood  
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin vagabundus, wandering, referring to its association with sunken pieces of wood [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe vagabunda Pettibone, 1985. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328280 on 2024-04-16
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). Polychaete worms from a cave in the Bahamas and from experimental wood panels in deep water of the North Atlantic (Polynoidae, Macellicephalinae, Harmothoinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(1): 127-149., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648400
page(s): 146-148, figure 6 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 81223, geounit Virgin Islands part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin vagabundus, wandering, referring to its association with sunken pieces of wood [details]

Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Type locality Caribbean Sera, off St. Croix, Virgin Islands [details]