Polychaeta name details
original description
Bush, Katharine J. (1910). Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 62: 490-501, plate 36 (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26294605 [details]
source of synonymy
Bastida-Zavala, Jose Rolando and ten Hove, Harry A. 2002. Revision of Hydroides Gunnerus, 1768 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Western Atlantic Region. Beaufortia, 52(9): 103-178. page(s): 118; note: Used as Hydroides elegantulus (gender suffix incorrect) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but the E. elegantulus name is likely derived from Latin adjective elegans -antis = 'elegant', combined with the Latin suffix –ulus, a male diminutive adjectival form. [details]
Paratype Peabody Museum, Yale University YPM 1323 [details]
Type locality Bermuda unspecified, but the large Castle Harbour is a collection site mentioned by Bush (1910). [details]
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