Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1992). Zur Polychaetenfauna der Polynesischen Inseln Huahiné (Gesellschafts inseln) und Rangiroa (Tuamotu-Inseln). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 49-84. page(s): 73-74, figs. 78-80 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH P-20708, geounit Rangiroa [details]
Paratype ZMH P-20709, geounit Rangiroa [details]
Paratype ZMH P-20710, geounit Rangiroa [details]
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Depth range Subtidal phytal zone. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Rangiroa Atoll (Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated. The specific epithet biaciculata is composed by the Latin prefix bi-, meaning 'two' or 'twice', and the Latin adjective aciculata (masculine: aciculatus), meaning 'aciculate' or 'having acicula', and refers to the presence of acicular hooks on chaetigers 5 and 6 of the species. [details]
Habitat Among calcareous algae from brain corals and sand, in the atoll lagoon. [details]
Type locality Lagoon side of Rangiroa Atoll, probably near Kia Ora village, Tuamotu Islands, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -14.965°, -147.637°). [details]
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