WoRMS taxon details
original description
Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425 page(s): 225-227, plate XVIII figs. 31-32 [details]
taxonomy source
Hartman, O. (1969). Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-812. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles. page(s): 481; note: no mention of the spokes at the tube entrance [details]
ecology source
McDaniel, N. and Banse, K. 1979. A novel method of suspension feeding by the maldanid polychaete Praxillura maculata. Marine Biology 55: 129-132., available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00397308 note: Feeding by means of spoke-suspended mucous net [details]
From editor or global species database
Holotype USNM 17370. Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM); Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia [details]
Taxonomy Both Moore and Hartman do not mention the unique spokes on the tube. The first observation of this was by McDaniel & Banse (1979) who also compared Moore's specimen with theirs, in considerable detail. As their specimens were from inshore shallow water and Moore's from around 900 m there is a considerable depth difference, but they appear confident the instances were the same taxon. [details]
Type locality off Santa Cruz Island, 447-510 fathoms, black mud, rocks, California, Albatross Station 4427 (data on this station is in "Fisheries Document No. 604, Washington.1906" according to Moore) [details]
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