Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218 page(s): 129-131, plate VII fig. 1 [details]
Syntype MPW No. 325, geounit Singapore [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range One specimen collected while swimming at the surface at Placer (Philippines), in June 1864 (Grube, 1878: VII). [details]
Distribution Singapore and Philippines (Placer, Mindanao). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet hyalina, Latin for 'glass', seems to make reference to the whitish or pale color of the worm ('albida'). [details]
Habitat Pelagic during part of their life cycle. [details]
Type locality Singapore (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 1.22, long. 103.74). [details]
Type material Four syntypes deposited at the MPW (No. 325). [details]
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