Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Salazar‐Vallejo, S.I.; Harris, L.H. (2006). Revision of <i>Pilargis</i> de Saint‐Joseph, 1899 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Pilargidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 40(3-4): 119-159., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600594212 page(s): 154-156, fig. 14 [details]
Holotype USNM 86960, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 1020000, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 86962, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 15-19 m. [details]
Distribution Northern Gulf of Mexico, USA (Florida and Texas). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Dr. Paul S. Wolf, Barry A. Vittor Associates, Inc. (Mobile, Alabama, USA), "who was an important collaborator on the Taxonomic Guide to the Polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, and because of his important publications on pilargid polychaetes" (Salazar-Vallejo & Harris, 2006: 156). [details]
Habitat Sand and silty fine sand. [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, off Apalachicola River (29º37'00.8''N, 84º17'00.2''W), silty fine sand, 19 m. [details]
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