WoRMS taxon details
original description
Prentiss, N. K.; Vasileiadou, K.; Faulwetter, S.; Arvanitidis, C.; ten Hove, H. A. (2014). A new genus and species of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3900(2): 204-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3900.2.2 [details]
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Etymology "genus is named for Hurricane Hole, "Hurricane (Latin: Turbo-) Hole (Latin: cavus)", the region of the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, where it abundantly occurs. Also, the tube forms concentric, ever-widening circles, like a hurricane. Masculine noun [details]
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