Polychaeta name details
original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795 page(s): 337 [details]
new combination reference
Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. page(s): 102-103; note: as Naineris dendritica [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype SMNH, geounit Vancouver Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, probably intertidal to shallow subtidal. [details]
Distribution Pacific coast of North America. [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet dendriticum is a Latinized word of Greek origin meaning 'having branches' or 'being arborescent', and refers possibly to the shape of the everted proboscis in the holotype. This was not referred in the original description, but was described by Hartman (1948: 103) after revising the type material as "The everted proboscis is much branched and extends for a considerable distance in front of the prostomium." [details]
Habitat On algae covered with dirt, probably littoral. [details]
Publication date Date is 1866 in Theel, but some have it as 1867. See source entry for more explanation [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 49.5°, -125.5°). [details]
Type material Holotype in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (Sweden). [details]
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