Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Magesh, Mathan; Kvist, Sebastian; Glasby, Christopher J. (2012). Description and phylogeny of <i>Namalycastis jaya</i> sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 238: 31-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014 page(s): 35-39, figs. 2a-k, 3a-l [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZSI-WRS AQJ1 (ZSI/WGRC/IR/IV 2330),, verbatimGeounit Murukkumpuzha rettin... [details]
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Ecology In polluted (sulphide rich and odorous) sediments and is especially associated with decaying materials such as bark and retting coir; the salinity at the collection localities ranged from 5–22 psu. [details]
Etymology Named for Dr. Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State of India. The specific epithet is considered to be a noun in apposition [details]
Type locality Murukkumpuzha retting zone, Kadinamkulam estuary, Thiruvananthapuram coast, Kerala, India, 8.61596, 76.8191. [details]
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