Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852 page(s): 89-90, fig. 12 c-g [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf
Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
, Note Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast...
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Type locality Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast of USA (34.3833°, -75.9167°). [details]Type material Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 43138). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America.
Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Orbinia americana Day, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157513 on 2024-09-24
original descriptionDay, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852 page(s): 89-90, fig. 12 c-g [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
basis of recordUebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online athttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceFauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online athttps://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751[details]
additional sourceIntegrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online athttp://www.itis.gov[details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 43138, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
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Depth range 122 m. [details] Dimensions Holotype (USNM 43138): 10 mm long, for 38 segments (incomplete). [details] Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico. [details] Etymology The specific epithet americana refers to the type locality of the species, the Atlantic coast of North America. [details] Habitat Medium sand, at shelf depths. [details] Type locality Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast of USA (34.3833°, -75.9167°). [details] Type material Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 43138). [details]