WoRMS taxon details
NomenclatureTaxonomysource of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 page(s): 257, 275; note: as Anaitides madeirensis [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x page(s): 260; note: species considered as valid [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AMNH, geounit Galapagos Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated. According to Hartman (1956: 275), the species was collected "probably at the surface". [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Galapagos Islands. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet varia is a Latin adjective meaning 'diverse' or 'different', but also 'variegated', 'streaked', 'spotted' or 'very colorful', and refers presumably to the complex coloration of the species: "The anterior 50 somites are pale yellow in color while the remainder is colorless. In the colored region the dorsal surface is marked by fine dark pigment spots which are most noticeable in the median dorsal line but also occur on either side of this, extending nearly to the somite margin. This arrangement is most obvious in the anterior somites. Farther posteriorly the pigment is arranged in a band extending across the dorso-median line of the somite, and a small spot just posterior to this in the dorsal median line. The prostomium, all cirri, and parapodia are colorless." (Treadwell, 1928: 467). [details]
Habitat Not stated. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH). [details]
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed, Phyllodoce madeirensis Langerhans, 1880, according to Hartman (1956: 257, 275; as Anaitides). [details]
Type locality Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean (-0.3667°, -89.4833°). [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]
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