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WoRMS taxon detailsPolydora rickettsi Woodwick, 1961
330949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330949)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Woodwick, K.H. (1961). <i>Polydora rickettsi</i>, a new species of spionid polychaete from lower California. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 15(1): 78-81., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7863
page(s): 78-81, figs. 1-7, table 1 [details]
Holotype AHF Poly 620, geounit Baja California Sur
Holotype AHF Poly 620, geounit Baja California Sur [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Baja California Sur, Cabo San Lucas (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 22.876º, long. -109.895º), intertidal, attached to tubes of Spirobranchus incrassatus Mörch. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Depth range Intertidal. [details] Distribution East Pacific Ocean: Baja California Sur (Mexico); Montemar (Chile).
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: Baja California Sur (Mexico); Montemar (Chile). [details] Etymology The species is named after its collector, Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts (b. Chicago, Illinois, 14 May 1897 - d. Salinas,...
Etymology The species is named after its collector, Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts (b. Chicago, Illinois, 14 May 1897 - d. Salinas, California, 11 May 1948), North American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora rickettsi Woodwick, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330949 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Woodwick, K.H. (1961). <i>Polydora rickettsi</i>, a new species of spionid polychaete from lower California. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 15(1): 78-81., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7863 page(s): 78-81, figs. 1-7, table 1 [details] Otheradditional source
Blake, James A. (1983). Polychaetes of the family Spionidae from South America, Antarctica and adjacent seas and islands. In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas XIV. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 39(3): 205-287., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/AR039p0205/summary
page(s): 257 [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara page(s): 176 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AHF Poly 620, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Chile [details]
Paratype AHF Poly 621, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution East Pacific Ocean: Baja California Sur (Mexico); Montemar (Chile). [details] Etymology The species is named after its collector, Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts (b. Chicago, Illinois, 14 May 1897 - d. Salinas, California, 11 May 1948), North American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher. [details] Habitat A borer in shells of the mollusc Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789), and an associate of serpulid masses of Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863, intertidal to shallow waters. [details] Type locality Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Baja California Sur, Cabo San Lucas (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 22.876º, long. -109.895º), intertidal, attached to tubes of Spirobranchus incrassatus Mörch. [details] From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details] |
