Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1965). Zur Kenntnis des Sublitorals der chilenischen Küste unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. II Die Polychaeten des Sublitorals. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 62 Supplement: 59-305. page(s): 260-262, figs. 260-261 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range 50-90 m. [details]
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean. Chile, near Punta Iloca. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet breviuncinata (masculine: breviuncinatus) is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having short hooks (uncini)', and refers presumably to the short length of the first thoracic neuropodial uncini, stated to have a small, short stalk, in contrast with the corresponding uncini in other species of Pista: ''Die Haken der vorderen Thorax-Neuropodien besitzen einen kleinen Stiel, der im Gegensatz zu entsprechenden Haken anderer Pista-Arten kurz ist'' (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965: 260). The specific epithet is composed by the Latin prefix brevi-, meaning 'short', and the Latin adjective uncinata (masculine: uncinatus), meaning 'bearing hooks' or 'barbed'. [details]
Habitat Mixed sediments of silt and sand, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Punta Iloca, Chile, Southeast Pacific Ocean (-34.9333º, -72.2333º), 50 m, silt with fine sand and many detritus. [details]
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