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WoRMS taxon detailsProtoaricia pigmentata Solis-Weiss & Fauchald, 1989
329932 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329932)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Solis-Weiss, V.; Fauchald, K. (1989). Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from mangrove root-mats in Belize, with a revision of Protoariciin genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 102(3): 772-792., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34551156
page(s): 783-785, fig. 5 [details]
Holotype USNM 120950, geounit Stan Creek
Holotype USNM 120950, geounit Stan Creek [details] type locality contained in Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality Blue Ground Range, west side of middle island, Stan Creek, Belize, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer estimate 16.81086°, -88.1505°), 10-50 cm depth, root-mat of Rhizophora mangle, covered with Caulerpa verticilliata. [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 120950) and paratypes (USNM 120951 and 120952) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA). Paratypes also deposited at the Natural History Museum, London (UK; NHMUK 1990.1-3), Australian Museum, Sydney Australia) and Zoological Museum Hamburg (Germany). [details]
Depth range 10-50 cm depth.
Depth range 10-50 cm depth. [details] Distribution Caribbean Sea: Belize (Blue Ground Range).
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Belize (Blue Ground Range). [details] Etymology The specific epithet pigmentata (masculine: pigmentatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'painted' or 'colored', and ''refers...
Etymology The specific epithet pigmentata (masculine: pigmentatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'painted' or 'colored', and ''refers to the characteristic brown color patterns present in specimens of this species'' (Solis-Weiss & Fauchald, 1989: 784. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protoaricia pigmentata Solis-Weiss & Fauchald, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329932 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Solis-Weiss, V.; Fauchald, K. (1989). Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from mangrove root-mats in Belize, with a revision of Protoariciin genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 102(3): 772-792., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34551156
page(s): 783-785, fig. 5 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 120950, geounit Stan Creek [details]
Paratype AM, geounit Stan Creek [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1990.1-3, geounit Stan Creek [details]
Paratype USNM 120951, geounit Stan Creek [details]
Paratype USNM 120952, geounit Stan Creek [details]
Paratype ZMH, geounit Stan Creek [details]
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Depth range 10-50 cm depth. [details]Distribution Caribbean Sea: Belize (Blue Ground Range). [details] Etymology The specific epithet pigmentata (masculine: pigmentatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'painted' or 'colored', and ''refers to the characteristic brown color patterns present in specimens of this species'' (Solis-Weiss & Fauchald, 1989: 784. [details] Habitat In the root-mat of a red mangrove forest Rhizophora mangle, covered with Caulerpa verticilliata, 10-50 cm depth. [details] Type locality Blue Ground Range, west side of middle island, Stan Creek, Belize, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer estimate 16.81086°, -88.1505°), 10-50 cm depth, root-mat of Rhizophora mangle, covered with Caulerpa verticilliata. [details] Type material Holotype (USNM 120950) and paratypes (USNM 120951 and 120952) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA). Paratypes also deposited at the Natural History Museum, London (UK; NHMUK 1990.1-3), Australian Museum, Sydney Australia) and Zoological Museum Hamburg (Germany). [details] |
