Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1971). Studies on a collection of marine and brackish-water polychaete annelids of the family Serpulidae from Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 9(2): 88-130. page(s): 108-110, fig. 6A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Kupriyanova, E.; Sun, Y.; Wong, E.; Ten Hove, H. (2023). Hydroides of the World. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/9781486311590 page(s): 70-71, fig. 21 [details]
Holotype BM 1968-152, geounit Sri Lankan part of the Indian Ocean [details]
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Etymology no etymology given, thus taken to be a compound noun from Latin ancora and spina, both feminine [details]
Grammatical gender feminine. Unchanging as compound noun in apposition. [details]
Taxonomy morphologically very similar to Hydroides malleolaspina Straughan, 1967 [details]
Type locality Wellawatte, Columbo, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, approx (gazetteer) 6.8746 79.8569 [details]
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