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Polychaeta taxon detailsPolydora narica Light, 1969
330935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330935)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Light, William J. (1969). <i>Polydora narica</i>, new species, and <i>Pseudopolydora kempi californica</i>, new subspecies, two new spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from central California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4.</em> 36(18): 531-550., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15659019 [details] Available for editors
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Note author: "a single specimen collected August,...
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Type locality author: "a single specimen collected August, 1962, off San Jose Creek Beach, Carmel, Monterey County, California, at a depth of between 100 and 200 feet in the Monterey Canyon in association with an ampharetid." [details]
Etymology Not stated. Perhaps 'narica' is an adjective related to 'nares' nose, meaning the proboscis here, as Light comments that...
Etymology Not stated. Perhaps 'narica' is an adjective related to 'nares' nose, meaning the proboscis here, as Light comments that "The presence of an eversible and well differentiated proboscis is a highly unusual feature in this genus." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora narica Light, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330935 on 2024-04-19
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Light, William J. (1969). <i>Polydora narica</i>, new species, and <i>Pseudopolydora kempi californica</i>, new subspecies, two new spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from central California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4.</em> 36(18): 531-550., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15659019 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara page(s): 180; note: No new records or specimens. Diagnosis and brief remarks noting original record and only occurrence. [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated. Perhaps 'narica' is an adjective related to 'nares' nose, meaning the proboscis here, as Light comments that "The presence of an eversible and well differentiated proboscis is a highly unusual feature in this genus." [details]Type locality author: "a single specimen collected August, 1962, off San Jose Creek Beach, Carmel, Monterey County, California, at a depth of between 100 and 200 feet in the Monterey Canyon in association with an ampharetid." [details] |