Polychaeta name details
original description
Fauvel, Pierre. (1921). Annélides polychètes de Madagascar, du Muséum R. d'Histoire Naturelle recueillies par M. le Dr. W. Kaudern en 1912. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 13(24): 1-32, plate I., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6397354 page(s): 11-13 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Wilson, Robin S.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1993). A revision of the <i>Perinereis nuntia</i> species group (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 45(3): 253-277., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.23 page(s): 264; note: as Perinereis majungaensis [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype NRM Type-601, geounit Majunga [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, probably intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Western Indian Ocean: Mahajanga (NW Madagascar). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet majungaensis refers to the type locality of the species, the town of Majunga (= Mahajanga), in Madagascar. [details]
Habitat Not stated. Fauvel (1921: 2) refers, concerning the studied collection of polychaetes, that ''La plus grande partie de ces Polychètes proviennent des récifs et des rochers de la côte. Aussi, la faune du sable et de la vase n'y étant pas représentée, le nombre des Sédentaires est très restreint.'' [details]
Type locality Majunga (= Mahajanga), NW Madagascar, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate -15.73º, 46.31º). [details]
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