Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Ding, Zhihu; Licher, Frank; Westheide, Wilfried 1998. New and newly assigned species of the genus <i>Dentatisyllis</i> (Polychaeta, Syllidae, Syllinae), with comments on the reproduction, together with a key and a synoptic table of all species of the genus. Sarsia 83: 29-43. page(s): 33-37, figs. 2-4 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution South China Sea, Hong Kong. [details]
Etymology The species is dedicated to Prof. Dr. B. Morton, Swire Institute of Marine Science, University of Hong Kong, who supported the sampling activities of the first author during his stay in 1995. [details]
Habitat Intertidal sand slopes and shallow subtidal sand patches. [details]
Reproduction Species viviparous. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Hong Kong, Cape d'Aguillar, Shek O (general geocoordinates provided as 22º18'N, 114º10'E, precised here to lat. 22.206950º, long. 114.261118º). [details]
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