Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Lanterbecq, D.; Hempson, T.; Griffiths, C.; Eeckhaut, I. 2009. Myzostoma fuscomaculatum (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. Hydrobiologia 619: 145-154, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7 page(s): 147 [details]
Holotype IRSNB/KBIN IG31130/01, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "fuscomaculatum" a "combination of the Latin adjective ‘maculatum’ referring to the coloured patches that the specimens exhibit dorsally, and ‘fusco’ referring to the brownish colour of these patches." [details]
Habitat Living in shallow water on the comatulid crinoid, Tropiometra carinata [details]
Type locality Oatlands Point, False Bay, South Africa, -34.208° 18.461° (34 12.48' S 18 27.66' E) just south of Simon’s Town [details]
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