Polychaeta taxon details
original description
López, E.; Capa, M.; Aguado, M.T.; Cladera, P. (2005). Capitellidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Coiba National Park, Pacific Coast of Panamá, with a new species of the genus <i>Amastigos</i>. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 46(1): 57-67., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e4s1 page(s): 58-61, fig. 1 [details]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/10131, geounit Coiba Island [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/10132, geounit Coiba Island [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/10133, geounit Coiba Island [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/10134, geounit Coiba Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean, Coiba Island (Panamá). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet delicatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'soft', 'tender', or 'delicate', and "refers to the thin body of all the studied specimens" (López et al., 2005: 61). [details]
Habitat Intertidal fine sand on tidal flats associated with mangrove systems. [details]
Type locality Santa Cruz, Coiba Island, Panamá, Pacific Ocean (7.6278°, -81.7694°), intertidal fine sand on tidal flats associated with mangrove systems. [details]
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