Polychaeta name details
original description
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515 page(s): 248 [details]
basis of record
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]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Honolulu. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet havaica refers to the type locality of the species, Hawaii Islands. [details]
Habitat Among dead coral, in shallow water. [details]
Taxonomy Species considered to be indeterminable by Hartman (1948: 47) and Nygren (2004: 195). [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Honolulu (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 21.292º, long. -157.868º). [details]
Type material "Members of this family [Syllidae], described by Kinberg, had been stored in a single jar which was found broken and dried in 1913; the specimens are consequently unsatisfactory. The species include the following, all by Kinberg: Heterosyllis havaica from Honolulu [...]" (Hartman, 1948: 47). [details]
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