WoRMS name details
original description
Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195 page(s): 289, plate XV figs. 21-26, 28 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference
Hartman, Olga. (1942). The identity of some marine annelid worms in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 92(3142): 101-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15766789 page(s): 129, fig. 12c-d; note: as Armandia agilis [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype USNM 4898, geounit Beaufort [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated by the author, probably from shallow depths. [details]
Distribution Western North Atlantic Ocean: Beaufort (North Carolina, USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet agilis is a Latin adjective meaning 'active' or 'that moves easily or quickly', as refers presumably to the behaviour of the species while alive. [details]
Habitat Stated to be common in sand. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Beaufort (in the sand of "Spatangoid" Shoal and dredged in channel north of Lewis, Thoroughfare), North Carolina, USA, western North Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 34.709°, -76.646°). [details]
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