WoRMS name details
Procera bifidentata Ben-Eliahu, 1977
338687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338687)
unaccepted (basionym; misspelling of Proceraea)
Species
Procera [auct. misspelling] accepted as Proceraea Ehlers, 1864
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 87-88, fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 87-88, fig. 14 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1997.1076, geounit Gulf of Aqaba
, Note Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai,...
Holotype BMNH 1997.1076, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai, northern flank of the Wadi Kabila alluvial fan (latitude given by Ben-Eliahu & Safriel (1982) as 28º16'00"N, longitude estimated with gazetteer to be 34º24'35"E). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.
Etymology The specific epithet bifidentata refers to the short bifid teeth that alternate with the 9 longer denticles. In reality...
Nomenclature Corrected spelling, from Procera to Proceraea.
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.
Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet bifidentata refers to the short bifid teeth that alternate with the 9 longer denticles. In reality...
Etymology The specific epithet bifidentata refers to the short bifid teeth that alternate with the 9 longer denticles. In reality they are two short teeth fused for 1/2 their length (Nygren, 2004). [details]
Nomenclature Corrected spelling, from Procera to Proceraea.
Nomenclature Corrected spelling, from Procera to Proceraea. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Procera bifidentata Ben-Eliahu, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338687 on 2024-04-24
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Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 87-88, fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 87-88, fig. 14 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1997.1076, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet bifidentata refers to the short bifid teeth that alternate with the 9 longer denticles. In reality they are two short teeth fused for 1/2 their length (Nygren, 2004). [details]
Habitat Low-midlittoral vermetid reefs of Dendropoma cf. meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972 on wave-battered beachrock slabs. [details]
Nomenclature Corrected spelling, from Procera to Proceraea. [details]
Type locality Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai, northern flank of the Wadi Kabila alluvial fan (latitude given by Ben-Eliahu & Safriel (1982) as 28º16'00"N, longitude estimated with gazetteer to be 34º24'35"E). [details]