Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Carrerette, Orlemir; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2015). The genus <em>Loimia </em>Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida: Terebellidae) off the Brazilian coast, with description of three new species and notes on some morphological characters of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3999(1): 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.1 page(s): 22-30, figs. 10-14, table 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 49 m. [details]
Distribution SW Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (States of Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet “brasiliensis” refers to this taxon being the Loimia species most frequently found along the Brazilian coast. [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not specified, from intertidal to shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Praia de Jaguaribe, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, SW Atlantic Ocean (-7.7256°, -34.8258°). [details]
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