WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Fukuda, M. V.; Nogueira, J. M. M. (2012). On a new species of <i>Nuchalosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae), a rare syllid genus only known from Brazilian waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 93(04): 963-966., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315412000069 page(s): 964-966, figs. 1-3 [details]
Holotype MZUSP 01016, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 75 m. [details]
Distribution Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Campos Basin.. [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour of Dr Maria Teresa (‘Maite’) Aguado (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain). [details]
Specimen As for the type species, Nuchalosyllis maiteae is known and described from a single specimen (in this case lacking the posterior). [details]
Type locality Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, 22 03' 45.395'' S, 40 09' 59.684'' W (-22.0626 -40.1665) 75m [details]
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