Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Steiner, Tatiana Menchini; Santos, Cinthya Simone Gomes. (2004). A new species of <i>Neanthes</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Brazil, and some remarks on <i>Neanthes bruaca</i> Lana & Sovierzoski, 1987. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 54(2): 39-57., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505142 page(s): 47-56, figs. 7-14, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZUEC MHN-BPO 84/0, geounit Sao Sebastiao Channel [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution SW Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (states of São Paulo, Rio Grande do Norte, and Alagoas). [details]
Etymology "The species is named in honor of the Brazilian researcher, Antonia Cecilia Z. Amaral, specialist in polychaete systematics and ecology" (Steiner & Santos, 2004: 56). [details]
Habitat Beaches with medium and coarse sand mixed with rocky fragments, beaches with very fine sand, silt and clay mixed with shell fragments, and rocky shores, among algae. [details]
Type locality Araçá Beach, São Sebastião Channel, São Paulo State, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -23.8134°, -45.4087°). [details]
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