WoRMS taxon details
original description
Støp-Bowitz, C. (1991). Some new or rare species of pelagic polychaetes from the Gulf of Guinea. <em>Ophelia Supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta).</em> 261-270. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "From the Latin modestus, modest." The author does not state why this is appropriate, but as the only specimen is an anterior fragment 4 mm long, it is probably a comment on the small body size. [details]From other sources
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 1230 [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Guinea [details]
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