WoRMS taxon details
Pygospio californica Hartman, 1936
331458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331458)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1936). New species of Spionidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 41(6): 45-52.
page(s): 50-51, figs. 17-19 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 50-51, figs. 17-19 [details] Available for editors [request]
Note Pacific Ocean, USA, central California, San...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, USA, central California, San Mateo County, near Princeton (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 37.502º, long. -122.492º), in eel grass and sand flats at medium low-tide. [details]
Depth range Medium low-tide level.
Distribution Pacific coast of central California (USA), near Princeton (San Mateo County). Known only from the type locality.
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet californica refers to the type locality of the species, the coast of California (USA), and...
Depth range Medium low-tide level. [details]
Distribution Pacific coast of central California (USA), near Princeton (San Mateo County). Known only from the type locality.
Distribution Pacific coast of central California (USA), near Princeton (San Mateo County). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet californica refers to the type locality of the species, the coast of California (USA), and...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet californica refers to the type locality of the species, the coast of California (USA), and probably is used also to highlight the fact that it was ''the first record for the genus Pygospio from the North Pacific and possibly for the entire Pacific'' (Hartman, 1936: 51). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pygospio californica Hartman, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331458 on 2024-04-19
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Hartman, Olga. (1936). New species of Spionidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 41(6): 45-52.
page(s): 50-51, figs. 17-19 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 50-51, figs. 17-19 [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype USNM 20219, geounit California [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Medium low-tide level. [details]Distribution Pacific coast of central California (USA), near Princeton (San Mateo County). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet californica refers to the type locality of the species, the coast of California (USA), and probably is used also to highlight the fact that it was ''the first record for the genus Pygospio from the North Pacific and possibly for the entire Pacific'' (Hartman, 1936: 51). [details]
Habitat In eel grass and sand flats at medium low-tide level. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, USA, central California, San Mateo County, near Princeton (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 37.502º, long. -122.492º), in eel grass and sand flats at medium low-tide. [details]