Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype IBUFB BUFRJ-0121, geounit Brazil [details]
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Description "Palola brasiliensis sp. nov. is closely related to P. viridis Gray in Stair 1847. The differences between them include the peristomial width (greater than peristomium in P. viridis); maxillae II (P. viridis has 3 teeth on left and 2 right); inflated bases of ventral cirri (from setiger 15 to setiger 160–200 on P. viridis); median acicula (up to 3 acicula per parapodium on P. viridis); and pygidium rounded lobes on P. viridis." Unfortunately the authors do not likewise summarize the differences in the matching characters in Palola brasiliensis. [details]
Etymology Palola brasiliensis is named after Brazil, the country where the specimens were collected offshore of its coast [details]
Type locality Offshore of southern coast of Bahia, Brazil, Atlantic coast, -17.0983 S, -36.7522 W (17°05'54"S; 36°45'08"W), 50 m. [details]
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