Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Westheide, Wilfried 1987. The interstitial polychaete Hesionides pettibonae n.sp. (Hesionidae) from the U.S. east coast and its transatlantic relationship. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 131-139. page(s): 131-135, figs. 1-5 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "The species is dedicated to Dr. Marian H. Pettibone of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Museum" (Westheide, 1987: 135). [details]From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina [details]
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