Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1962). Die Polychaeten des Eulitorals. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der chilenischen Pazifikküste und der argentinischen Küste Südpatagoniens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 60: 57-270. page(s): 131-133, figs. 157-160 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: coast near Taltal (Chile). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet heterosetosa derives from the Ancient Greek word heteros, meaning 'different', and the Latin adjective setosa, meaning 'hairy' or 'bristly', and refers presumably to the different types of chaetae present in the species. [details]
Habitat Among rhizoids of Macrocystis washed ashore. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Hamburg, Germany. [details]
Type locality 4 km north of Taltal, Chile, Southeast Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -25.378°, -70.451°). [details]
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