WoRMS taxon details
original description
Ruff, R. Eugene. (1995). Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867. 105-166. IN: Blake, James A., Hilbig, Brigitte, and Scott, Paul H. (Ed.). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara. page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology The latin hastatus, armed with a spear, is a reference to the large spear-shaped superior neurochaetae [details]
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