Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1938). Brackish and fresh-water Nereidae from the northeast Pacific, with the description of a new species from central California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 43(4): 79-82. page(s): 80-81, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Smith, Ralph I. (1959). The synonymy of the viviparous polychaete <i>Neanthes lighti</i> Hartman (1938) with <i>Nereis limnicola</i> Johnson (1903). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 13(4): 349-350., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8093 page(s): 349-350; note: with Nereis limnicola Johnston, 1903 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 20537, geounit California [details]
Paratype USNM 20536, geounit California [details]
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Altitude Not stated in original description, apparently from sea level to low height. [details]
Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools along Russian River, near Healdsburg (Sonoma County). [details]
Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original discoveries" (Hartman, 1938: 79-80).
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Habitat Sandy mud banks of tidal streams, a few miles inland from their mouths, and in small fresh-water pools along river banks. [details]
Type locality Tomales Creek, Marin County, California, USA (gazetteer estimate 38.2436°, -122.9035°) [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 20537) and 8 paratypes (USNM 20536) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM). [details]
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