WoRMS taxon details
Turbocavus Prentiss, Vasileiadou, Faulwetter, Arvanitidis & ten Hove, 2014
827797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827797)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Prentiss, N. K.; Vasileiadou, K.; Faulwetter, S.; Arvanitidis, C.; ten Hove, H. A. (2014). A new genus and species of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3900(2): 204-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3900.2.2 [details]
Etymology "genus is named for Hurricane Hole, "Hurricane (Latin: Turbo-) Hole (Latin: cavus)", the region of the Virgin Islands Coral...
Etymology "genus is named for Hurricane Hole, "Hurricane (Latin: Turbo-) Hole (Latin: cavus)", the region of the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, where it abundantly occurs. Also, the tube forms concentric, ever-widening circles, like a hurricane. Masculine noun [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Turbocavus Prentiss, Vasileiadou, Faulwetter, Arvanitidis & ten Hove, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827797 on 2024-09-22
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Prentiss, N. K.; Vasileiadou, K.; Faulwetter, S.; Arvanitidis, C.; ten Hove, H. A. (2014). A new genus and species of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3900(2): 204-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3900.2.2 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "genus is named for Hurricane Hole, "Hurricane (Latin: Turbo-) Hole (Latin: cavus)", the region of the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, where it abundantly occurs. Also, the tube forms concentric, ever-widening circles, like a hurricane. Masculine noun [details]