WoRMS taxon details
original description
Wang, Yueyun; Li, Xinzheng. (2017). A new species of Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863 (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology.</em> 35(2): 360-366., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-016-5256-1 page(s): 357, figures 1-4; note: Intertidal in Lingao Harbor, NW Hainan Island, South China Sea [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MBMCAS MBM283026, geounit Hainan [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology The tube is "dark brown, with a thick wrinkled wall having attached sand, stones and shell fragments" [details]
Etymology Phyllochaetopterus hainanensis is named after Hainan Island, from which it was collected [details]
Type locality Intertidal from a sandy beach in Lingao Harbor, NW Hainan Island, South China. However, no geolocation or map is provided, but possibly Lingao Harbor is near 20.008, 109.701 [details]
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