WoRMS taxon details
original description
Tovar-Hernández María Ana; Hernández-Alcántara, P.; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne. (2008). Description of Syllis lagunae sp nov (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Southern Gulf of Mexico and designation of a neotype for Syllis mexicana (Rioja, 1960). <em>Cahiers De Biologie Marine.</em> 49(4): 337-350. page(s): 339-344, figs. 2-3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype UNAM POH-37-001, geounit Mexican part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0.5-1 m. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Campeche, Términos Lagoon. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet, lagunae, refers to the type locality, Términos Lagoon, Campeche, Mexico. [details]
Habitat In seagrass beds, in sand, muddy sand, and sandy mud. Temperature between 28.5-33.0ºC, and salinity 18.4-35.1‰. [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Campeche, Términos Lagoon, Pájaros Island (18º39.0'N, 91º43.4'W). [details]
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