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Polychaeta source details
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1980). Amsterdam Expeditions to the West Indian Islands, Report 9. Die Polychaeten der Amsterdam-Expeditionen nach Westindien. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 50(2): 387-401.
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Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa
1980
Amsterdam Expeditions to the West Indian Islands, Report 9. Die Polychaeten der Amsterdam-Expeditionen nach Westindien.
Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde
50(2): 387-401
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Nineteen species were collected, twelve of which were already known to science, three were not or not exactly determinable and three others as well as a subspecies were new to science and described: Microphthalmus stocki n. sp., Typosyllis bifurcata n. sp., Brania glandulosa n. sp., Sphaerosyllis hystrix anoculata n. subsp. Four of the known species are widely distributed, three are circumtropical-subtropical, two have an Indo-West-Pacific distribution, one species has an amphi-Central-American distribution, and two species are endemics.
Caribbean region
Systematics, Taxonomy
Brania glandulosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 (original description)
Microphthalmus stocki Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 (original description) Sphaerosyllis hystrix anoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 (original description) Typosyllis (Typosyllis) bifurcata Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 (original description)
Holotype ZMH P-20697, geounit Rangiroa, identified as Typosyllis (Langerhansia) kiaorensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1992
Holotype ZMA V. Poll. 2696, geounit Virgin Islands part of the North Atlantic Ocean, identified as Typosyllis (Typosyllis) bifurcata Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 Holotype ZMA V.Pol. 2669, geounit Virgin Islands part of the Caribbean Sea, identified as Sphaerosyllis hystrix anoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 Holotype ZMA V.Pol. 2714, geounit Guadeloupe, identified as Brania glandulosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 Depth range Interstitial in coastal groundwater. [details] Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda; Gulf of Mexico; Venezuela; probably Curaçao (Hartmann-Schröder, 1980, as ... [details] Distribution Caribbean Sea, British Virgin Islands, Beef Island (Tortola). Known only from the type locality. [details] Distribution Caribbean Sea and Antilles. [details] Etymology The specific epithet glandulosa refers to the presence of two spherical glandular structures at the dorsolateral ... [details] Etymology The subspecific epithet anoculata refers to the lack of eyes in the subspecies, in relation to the stem species, ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet bifurcata refers to shape of the shafts of the composed chaetae, which are clearly bifurcated. [details] Habitat Interstitial in coastal sand. [details] Habitat Groundwater, interstitial in coarse sand. [details] Type locality Caribbean Sea, Guadaloupe Island, Grande Terre, Port Louis, Pointe d'Antigues (16º26'18"N, 61º31'55"W). [details] Type locality Caribbean Sea, British Virgin Islands, Beef Island (Tortola), Well Bay, west the airfield (18º26'39"N, 64'32'53"W). [details] Type locality Virgin Islands, Atlantic coast of Anegada, Deep Bay, east Loblolly Bay; (18º44'20"N, 64º18'18"W). [details] |