WoRMS source details

Maciolek, Nancy J. 1984. New records and species of Marenzelleria Mesnil and Scolecolepides Ehlers, (Polychaeta; Spionidae) from Northeastern North America. 48-62. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 48-62.
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Holotype USNM 74743, geounit North Carolina, identified as Scolecolepides carunculatus Maciolek, 1984
Paratype USNM 74744, geounit North Carolina, identified as Scolecolepides carunculatus Maciolek, 1984
Holotype USNM 80472, geounit Delaware, identified as Marenzelleria jonesi Maciolek, 1984
Paratype USNM 80473, geounit Delaware, identified as Marenzelleria jonesi Maciolek, 1984
 Depth range

Intertidal. [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: Cape Henlopen (Delaware, USA). [details]

 Distribution

North Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina (USA), off Cape Lookout. [details]

 Etymology

"This species is named in honour of Dr. Meredith L. Jones of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet carunculatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having a caruncle', referring to the unique ... [details]

 Habitat

Intertidal sandflats. [details]

 Habitat

Occurs at slope depths.  [details]

 Type locality

Sandflats east of Cape Henlopen, Delaware, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 38.804°, -75.092°). [details]

 Type locality

North Atlantic Ocean, USA, North Carolina, off Cape Lookout (34º14.8'N, 75º46.7'W), 650 m.  [details]

 Type material

From Maciolek (1984: 54): "The type specimen of Scolelepis viridis Verrill was sought at the Peabody Museum at Yale ... [details]

 Type species

Mesnil (1896: 117) created Marenzelleria for a previous misidentification of Nerine vulgaris Johnston by Wiren, ... [details]