WoRMS name details
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Status Originally described as a variety of S. giganteus. Regarded to be a synonym of Spirobranchus tetraceros by ten Hove (1970: 4), but elevated to full specific rank by Pillai (2009: 163), who also corrected the gender ending to masculine [details]
Type locality South Arabian coast, from station 45, 38 m. The station location is available in the first volume of the reports as 18 deg 03 30 N, 57 deg 02 30 E. [details]
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