WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Laubier, L. (1967). Présence d'une Annélide Polychète de la famille des Pisionidae appartenant à un genre nouveau dans les eaux interstitielles littorales de Côte d'Ivoire. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Science, Paris. Série D: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 264(2): 1431-1433., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5775633m/f217.item page(s): 1431-1432, figs. A-F [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Ivory Coast (Tabou beach). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet minuta is a Latin adjective meaning 'very small' or 'minute', and refers to the small size of the species: "minuta, allusion à la taille de cette forme" (Laubier, 1967: 1433). [details]
Habitat Littoral beaches, interstitial in clean sand at the edge of the surf zone at high tide. [details]
Type locality Tabou beach, Ivory Coast, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 4.4125°, -7.3551°), a few hundred meters away from the mouth of Tabou river. [details]
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