WoRMS taxon details
original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795 page(s): 346 [details]
additional source
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 page(s): 195-196, text-fig. 50a-b, plate II fig. 14 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water (?; type material from urban harbor) to 80 m. [details]
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Kinberg (1866: 346): "Cirri tentaculares parum numerosi, latitudine segmenti buccalis breviores; radii branchiarum breviusculi; segmenta 32 et ultra; longitudo horum 50 m.m." [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Brazil; Uruguay. [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The species is clearly dedicated to Pierre-Joseph van Bénéden (b. Mechelen, 19 December 1809 - d. Louvain, 8 January 1894), Belgian palaeontologist and marine zoologist. [details]
Habitat Not stated, type material from an urban harbor, nature of sediment unknown. [details]
Type locality City harbor of Rio de Janeiro ("Portus urbis Rio Janeiro"), Guanabara Bay, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -22.89°, -43.19°; prior to 1910, the harbor of Rio de Janeiro operated through several different sites, located mainly in the northern part of the city). [details]
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