Polychaeta name details
original description
Pflugfelder, Otto 1933. Landpolychaten aus Niederlandisch-Indien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 105(3/4): 65-76. page(s): 66-67, figs. 1-3, 17 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. page(s): 246; note: with Namalycastis abiuma (Grube, 1872) [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 9(2): 153-168., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1959/00000009/00000002/art00002 page(s): 163-164; note: as Namalycastis terrestris [details] Available for editors [request]
Lectotype PMJ Ann. 162, geounit Sumatra [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Terrestrial, in soil rinsed by water only in the highest tides, living in galleries under the surface to a depth of 20-30 cm. [details]
Distribution SE Asia: Belawan (Sumatra, Indonesia). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet terrestris is a Latin adjective meaning 'of or pertaining to the earth or land', 'terrestrial' or 'earthly', and refers presumably to the terrestrial habitat of the species. [details]
Habitat Terrestrial, in dry soil made up of fine gray-brown clayey sand, rinsed by water only in the highest tides, living in galleries under the surface to a depth of 20-30 cm. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Belawan, Sumatra, Indonesia, SE Asia (gazetteer estimate 3.78°, 98.69°), terrestrial, right and left of the road Medan-Belawan (1927/1933), at the entrance of the village in the immediate vicinity of the native houses, in dry soil made up of fine gray-brown clayey sand, rinsed by water only in the highest tides, living in galleries under the surface to a depth of 20-30 cm. [details]
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