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Polychaeta taxon detailsCirratulus balaenophilus Taboada, Doner, Blake & Avila, 2012
606245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606245)
accepted
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marine
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Taboada, Sergi; Doner, Stacy; Blake, James A.; Avila, Conxita. 2012. A new species of Cirratulus (Annelida: Polychaeta) described from a shallow-water whale bone in Antarctica. Zootaxa (3340): 59-68, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3340.html
page(s): 61 [details]
Holotype UAB CRBA-9616, geounit South Shetland Islands
Holotype UAB CRBA-9616, geounit South Shetland Islands [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Whalers Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 62° 59' 19.8 S, 60° 33' 27 W (-62.9888, -60.5575) [details]
Etymology named after its original collection from a whale bone as well as from having been collected from the area of Whalers Bay in...
Etymology named after its original collection from a whale bone as well as from having been collected from the area of Whalers Bay in Deception Island. Balaenophilus is a Latin-Greek compound word meaning “liking whales” (balaena = whale, philus = like). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Cirratulus balaenophilus Taboada, Doner, Blake & Avila, 2012. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606245 on 2024-04-19
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Taboada, Sergi; Doner, Stacy; Blake, James A.; Avila, Conxita. 2012. A new species of Cirratulus (Annelida: Polychaeta) described from a shallow-water whale bone in Antarctica. Zootaxa (3340): 59-68, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3340.html
page(s): 61 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype UAB CRBA-9616, geounit South Shetland Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology named after its original collection from a whale bone as well as from having been collected from the area of Whalers Bay in Deception Island. Balaenophilus is a Latin-Greek compound word meaning “liking whales” (balaena = whale, philus = like). [details]Type locality Whalers Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 62° 59' 19.8 S, 60° 33' 27 W (-62.9888, -60.5575) [details] |