WoRMS taxon details
original description
Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852 page(s): 89-90, fig. 12 c-g [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 122 m. [details]
Dimensions Holotype (USNM 43138): 10 mm long, for 38 segments (incomplete). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America. [details]
Habitat Medium sand, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast of USA (34.3833°, -75.9167°). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 43138). [details]
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