Polychaeta name details
original description
Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of <i>Mucibregma</i> Fauchald and Hancock. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(2): 332-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648611 page(s): 336-337, fig. 3 [details]
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
status source
Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3 page(s): 90; note: unidentifiable from the original specimen. [details]
Holotype USNM 97283, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0.6 m. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Etymology Species named after James A. Blake, author's teacher, friend, and fellow polychaetologist. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case. [details]
Habitat Mixed algae primarily Caulerpa species, exposed limestone overlain by muddy sand and oyster shells. [details]
Identification Blake (2015: 90) re-examined specimen and stated "Neolipobranchus blakei Kudenov, 1985 the second species described for this genus was based on a single specimen from intertidal sediments on the western side of Florida; the specimen has a rounded prostomium, annular rings along the body, lyrate setae, and pygidial cirri, but was also small, only 3 mm long (Kudenov 1985) and a juvenile according to the results of the present study. Gametes were not observed. A growth sequence is needed in order to establish the identity of this species. [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Citrus County, Crystal River, approximately 18 km at 214 from mainland, 0.6 m, mouth of discharge channel. [details]
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