WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Tourtellotte, G.; Kritzler, H. (1988). <i>Scionella papillosa</i>, a new species of polychaete (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the southwest Florida continental shelf. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(1): 79-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645760 page(s): 79-81, fig. 1A-E [details]
new combination reference
Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf page(s): 53-54, fig. 15A-H; note: as Pistella papillosa [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Saphronova, M. A. 1991. Redescription of Some Species of Scionella Moore, 1903, with a Review of the Genus and Comments on Some Species of Pista Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta: Terebellidae). Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 239-247. page(s): 246; note: as Pista papillosa [details]
Holotype USNM 99376, geounit Florida [details]
Paratype USNM 99377, geounit Florida [details]
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Depth range 16 m. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico: southwestern Florida continental shelf. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet papillosa is the feminine of the Latin adjective papillosus, meaning 'having papillae' or 'papillose', and refers to the patches of digitiform papillae on the ventrolateral surfaces of the second segment. [details]
Habitat Lives in mucous tubes adorned with fine sand grains, buried in medium to fine sediments, mainly calcareous, at shallow depths. [details]
Specimen Holotype (USNM 99376) and paratype (USNM 99377) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, USA, southwest Florida continental shelf (26º17'04.5''N, 082º19'57''W), at 16 m, buried in medium to fine sediments, mainly calcareous. [details]
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