WoRMS taxon details
original description
Oliveira, Verônica Maria de; Magalhães, Wagner F.; Lana, Paulo da Cunha. (2021). Ten new species of <em>Phyllodoce</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Phyllodocidae, Annelida) from Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4924(1): 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4924.1.1 page(s): 10-12, figs. 6-7, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZUEC ZUEC–POL 16338, geounit Campos Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 13-141 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (margin of continental slope in Campos Basin, southeastern continental shelf). [details]
Etymology "The name of this species is derived from the Latin words bi (two) and papillosa (papilla), meaning two types of papillae. The name refers to the two shapes of papillae (rounded and conical) present in the proximal part of the proboscis" (Oliveira et al., 2021: 11). [details]
Habitat Sandy substrates at shelf depths (13-141 m). [details]
Type locality Margin of continental shelf in Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, southwestern Atlantic Ocean (-21.3939°, -40.2603°), 88 m. [details]
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