WoRMS taxon details
original description
Sivananthan, Gayathiri D/O.; Shantti, Pavarne; Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Quek, Zheng Bin Randolph; Yap, Nicholas Wei Liang & Teo, Serena Lay Ming. (2021). Spirobranchus bakau sp. nov. from Singapore: yet another species of S. kraussii-complex (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5040(1): 33-65., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5040.1.2 page(s): 39, figures 2-5; note: Sarimbun Beach Landing site, Singapore [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZRC ZRC.ANN.0480, geounit Singaporean part of the Singapore Strait [details]
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Etymology "Authors: "The specific epithet ‘bakau’ (noun) refers to mangroves in the Malay language, which is the habitat of this new species." Noun in apposition [details]
Type locality Sarimbun Beach Landing site, Singapore, 1.4377, 103.6983 (1°26’15.8”N, 103°41’53.8”E) on Rhizophora pneumatophores and roots, mid to upper intertidal [details]
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