WoRMS 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]
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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