Polychaeta name details
original description
Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image page(s): 93-94, fig. 2g-m [details]
new combination reference
Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 76: 89-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34604970 page(s): 99 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, probably shallow water. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Gulf of Mannar (Krusadai Island, India). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet indica is the feminine of the New Latin adjective indicus, meaning 'pertaining to India', and presumably refers to the type locality of the species, India. [details]
Habitat Not stated. [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar, India, Krusadai Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 9.248º, long. 79.212º). [details]
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