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WoRMS taxon detailsExogone gigas Paresque, Fukuda & Nogueira, 2014
760590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760590)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Paresque, Karla; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. 2014. The genus <i>Exogone</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Brazilian coast, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3790 (4): 501-533.
page(s): 525-530, figs. 14-15, table 1 [details]
Holotype MZUSP 1271, geounit Brazilian part of the...
Holotype MZUSP 1271, geounit Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Brazil, State of Rio de Janeiro (22º11'56"S, 40º32'15"W). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 143 m.
Depth range Intertidal to 143 m. [details] Depth range Intertidal to 143 m.
Depth range Intertidal to 143 m. [details] Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). [details] Etymology The specific epithet gigas is derived from Latin, meaning "giant", and refers to the length of this species, the longest...
Etymology The specific epithet gigas is derived from Latin, meaning "giant", and refers to the length of this species, the longest one known in the genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Exogone gigas Paresque, Fukuda & Nogueira, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760590 on 2024-05-01
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Paresque, Karla; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. 2014. The genus <i>Exogone</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Brazilian coast, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3790 (4): 501-533.
page(s): 525-530, figs. 14-15, table 1 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MZUSP 1271, geounit Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 143 m. [details]Depth range Intertidal to 143 m. [details] Diagnosis "This species is characterized by having a triangular process with minute spines on the shafts of spiniger-like chaetae of setiger 2, a large median antenna, and by lacking dorsal cirri on chaetiger 2." [details] Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). [details] Etymology The specific epithet gigas is derived from Latin, meaning "giant", and refers to the length of this species, the longest one known in the genus. [details] Habitat Soft sediments. [details] Type locality Brazil, State of Rio de Janeiro (22º11'56"S, 40º32'15"W). [details] |
