Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1965. Zur Kenntnis der eulitoralen Polychaetenfauna von Hawaii, Palmyra und Samoa. Naturwissenschaflichen Vereins in Hamburg, Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen, Supplement 9: 81-161. page(s): 111-112, figs. 36-38 [details]
Holotype ZMH 14488, geounit Hawaiian Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet corallicola derives from the combining form coralli of the Latin word corallium, meaning 'coral', and the Latin suffix -cola, meaning 'dweller' or 'inhabitant', and refers to the habitat of the species, found living among algae associated with corals. [details]
Habitat Among eulittoral algae on coral rocks. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southeastern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii Island, near Kailua (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 19.639º, long. -155.996º) [details]
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