WoRMS name details
original description
Crossland, Cyril. (1924). Polychaeta of tropical East Africa, the Red Sea, and Cape Verde Islands collected by Cyril Crossland, and of the Maldive Archipelago collected by Professor Stanley, M.A., F.R.S. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 94(1): 1-106., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb01490.x page(s): 41-44, text-figs. 53-56 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal depths (about 8 m). [details]
Distribution Red Sea: Suez Bay (Egypt). [details]
Etymology "Mando, Latin = glutton, in reference to the special development of the jaws, especially mandibles" (Crossland, 1924: 41). [details]
Habitat Sandy mud, at shallow subtidal depths. [details]
Taxonomy Generic name corrected by Hartman (1959); moved to different genus by Gallardo (1968). [details]
Type locality Suez Bay, Egypt, Red Sea (gazetteer estimate 29.92°N, 32.52°E), 4.5 fathoms (8.2 m), sandy mud. [details]
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