WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368 page(s): 651-653 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. page(s): 61, figs. 116-118 [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype YPM IZ 001242.AN, geounit Bermuda [details]
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Depth range Low tide. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet setosa (masculine: setosus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'bristly' or 'covered with bristles', and refers presumably to the numerous chaetae present in the species. [details]
Habitat In shell-sand at low tide. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Flatt's Inlet beach, Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.3231°, -64.7389°), at low tide in shell-sand. [details]
Type material Syntype (YPM IZ 001242.AN) deposited at the Peabody Museum, Yale University (USA). Later designated by Álvarez & Budaeva (2023) as a lectotype [details]
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