Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Wang, Weina; Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng; Hutchings, Pat; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2020). A new species of the genus <em>Amphicteis</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida, Ampharetidae) from the Yellow Sea, China, together with a redescription of <em>A. dalmatica</em> Hutchings & Rainer, 1979. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 988: 1-15., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49934/list/11/ page(s): 3, figures 1-4; note: Yellow Sea, China [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MBMCAS MBM286623, geounit Yellow Sea [details]
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Etymology Authors: "The species is named after its type locality in the Yellow Sea of China. The species name is an adjective in the nominative singular, derived from “hwanghai” which means “Yellow Sea” in Chinese, with the Latin suffix -ensis to denote a place." [details]
Type locality Mid Yellow Sea, China, 33.9742, 123.9503 (33°58.45'N, 123°57.02'E), 77 metres [details]
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