Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1936). New species of Spionidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 41(6): 45-52. page(s): 49, figs. 6-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Hartman, O. (1941). Some contributions to the biology and life history of Spionidae from California. With keys to species and genera and descriptions of two new forms. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(4): 289-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822521 page(s): 309-310, plate 48 figs. 47-49; note: as Polydora ligni [details]
Syntype USNM 20214, geounit California [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow subtidal. [details]
Distribution Pacific coast of California (USA): San Francisco Bay (Lake Merritt; Oakland Estuary; Berkeley), and Moss Beach (San Mateo County). [details]
Etymology Not stated. Unknown. [details]
Habitat Abundant in and under colonies of Ficopomatus enigmatica (Fauvel, 1923) in brackish waters, under Balanus beds, in decayed piles, where its tubes occupy crevices made by fouling organims, and in muddy bottoms, at intertidal and shallow subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction Egg masses lining inner, lower half of some tubes. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, USA, California, eastern side of San Francisco Bay, from a Berkeley beach (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 37.87º, long. -122.31º), intertidal, mud. [details]
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