WoRMS taxon details

Samythella pala Fauchald, 1972

331201  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331201)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 315-316, plate 66 figs. c-f [details]   
Type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, western Mexico  
From other sources
Type locality Pacific Ocean, western Mexico [details]
Taxonomic remark According to Jirkov (1986), this species may be a junior synonym of Samythella elongata. The number of abdominal segments...  
Taxonomic remark According to Jirkov (1986), this species may be a junior synonym of Samythella elongata. The number of abdominal segments is different between both species, but this character shows considerable variability in the genus Samythella, according to Jirkov (1986). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Samythella pala Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331201 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 315-316, plate 66 figs. c-f [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark According to Jirkov (1986), this species may be a junior synonym of Samythella elongata. The number of abdominal segments is different between both species, but this character shows considerable variability in the genus Samythella, according to Jirkov (1986). [details]

From other sources
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, western Mexico [details]