Polychaeta name details
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ page(s): 65-66, plate 8 figs. 16-17 [details]
source of synonymy
Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
source of synonymy
Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 page(s): 564; note: suggests that the genus Schmardia Quatrefages,1866, represented by its single species S. chauseyana Quatrefages, 1866, is identifical to Exogone naidina Örsted, 1845 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated in the original description, probably intertidal to shallow subtidal (stated to have been found amongst coralline tufts). [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Chausey Islands (western France, English Channel). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet chauseyana refers to the type locality of the species, the Chausey Islands (western France, English Channel). [details]
Habitat Amongst coralline tufts: "au milieu des touffes de corallines" (Quatrefages, 1866: 66). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality Chausey Islands, off Normandy, western France, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 48.88°, -1.81°). [details]
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