Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Cepeda, Diego; Martin, Daniel; Britayev, Temir A.; Al-Aidaroos, Ali M.; Lattig, Patricia. (2017). <i>Haplosyllis</i> (Annelida: Syllidae) from Saudi Arabian Red Sea, with the description of a new endosymbiotic species and a dichotomous key for the Indo-Pacific species. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 47(4): 1123-1129., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-017-0675-6 page(s): 1124-1127, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype SMF SRI 24317, geounit Red Sea [details]
Nontype KAUMM Polychaeta3, geounit Red Sea [details]
Paratype KAUMM Polychaeta1, geounit Red Sea [details]
Paratype KAUMM Polychaeta2, geounit Red Sea [details]
Paratype SMF SRI 24318, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Association Endosymbiont of the sponges Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889) and Hyrtios sp. [details]
Depth range Shallow infralittoral to 30 m depth. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Saudi Arabian Red Sea (Al Wajh; Alkhuraybah). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Leyla Ordóñez, "a good friend of the last author who is always interested in our polychaete research" (Cepeda et al., 2017). [details]
Habitat Endosymbiont of the sponges Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889) and Hyrtios sp. in shallow infralittoral to 30 m depth, in rocky shores, reef flats and slopes with strong sediment impact, both in hard and soft bottoms. [details]
Type locality Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea (26.2372°, 36.4467°). [details]
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