Polychaeta name details
original description
Westheide, Wilfried 1974. Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. XI. Pisionidae, Hesionidae, Pilargidae, Syllidae (Polychaeta). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens, 44: 1-146. page(s): 91-93, fig. 41 [details]
source of synonymy
Álvarez-Campos, P.; Fernández-Leborans, G.; Verdes, A.; San Martín, G.; Martin, D.; Riesgo, A. (2014). The tag-along friendship: epibiotic protozoans and syllid polychaetes. Implications for the taxonomy of Syllidae (Annelida), and description of three new species of Rhabdostyla and Cothurnia (Ciliophora, Peritrichia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 172(2): 265-281., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12168 page(s): 277 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral to 3 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet concinna is the Latin word for 'slight' or 'elegant', and refers to the habit of the new species. [details]
Habitat Amongst stones and algae, intertidal to 3 m deep. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia, northern side, immediately in front of Darwin Station (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -0.743332º, long. -90.304801º). [details]
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