Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2020). Revision of <em>Leocrates</em> Kinberg, 1866 and <em>Leocratides</em> Ehlers, 1908 (Annelida, Errantia, Hesionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4739(1): 1-114., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4739.1.1 page(s): 42, figure 22; note: Ralik Chain, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Note that Salazar-Vallejo uses the incorrect genus spelling of 'Lamprophaea' [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 23961, geounit Marshall Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for Marian Pettibone (1908–2003), polychaete taxonomist of USNM, who authored a 1970 work including a review of Leocrates species [details]
Type locality Outer reef, Bikini Island, at Bikini Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands, no geolocation available, estimated at 11.6319 N, 165.5577 E [details]
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