Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Pillai, T.G. (1965). Annelida Polychaeta from the Philippines and Indonesia. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 5(2): 110-177., available online at http://dl.nsf.ac.lk/handle/1/7733 page(s): 152-154, fig. 16E-F, fig. 17A-G [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf page(s): 4-7, figs. 2-3 [details]
Holotype RTS. 22, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Nontype USNM 1096802, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Nontype USNM 1096803, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1965.33.30-33, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Paratype RTS. 22, geounit Manila Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal. [details]
Distribution Philippines: Manila Bay (Luzon Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cavitensis refers to the type locality of the species, Cavite (Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines). [details]
Habitat Mud tubes among live oysters, and green mussels Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758), at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Government Oyster Farm, Binakayan, Cavite, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines (gazetteer estimate 14.456, 120.914), among oysters. [details]
Type material Type material with collection number RTS. 22, and including the holotype (referred as ''lectotype'') and 4 paratypes, stated by Pillai (1965: 154) to be deposited in the ''Department of Zoology, University of Ceylon, Paradeniya, Ceylon'', nowadays Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Paradeniya, Sri Lanka. [details]
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