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WoRMS taxon detailsScoloplos cryptospinigerus Dean & Blake, 2015
847403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:847403)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Dean, Harlan K.; Blake, James A. (2015). The Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Pacific Costa Rica. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3956(2): 183-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.2
page(s): 195, figs. 5H-I, 6D-G [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype MCZ 50379, geounit Costa Rica
Holotype MCZ 50379, geounit Costa Rica [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Gulf of Nicoya, St. 22 (09º48'25"N; 84º52'40"W), 22 m, muddy sand, 11 July 1980. [details]
Depth range 18-22 m (Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica).
Depth range 18-22 m (Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica). [details] Distribution Pacific coast of Costa Rica: Gulf of Nicoya.
Distribution Pacific coast of Costa Rica: Gulf of Nicoya. [details] Etymology The specific epithet cryptospinigerus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin crypto-, meaning 'hidden or 'invisible',...
Etymology The specific epithet cryptospinigerus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin crypto-, meaning 'hidden or 'invisible', and the Latin word spinigerus, meaning 'thorn-bearing' or 'thorny', and refers to the spines in the anterior thoracic neuropodia which are often hidden from view by the numerous capillay chaetae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos cryptospinigerus Dean & Blake, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847403 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Dean, Harlan K.; Blake, James A. (2015). The Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Pacific Costa Rica. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3956(2): 183-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.2
page(s): 195, figs. 5H-I, 6D-G [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 18-22 m (Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica). [details]Distribution Pacific coast of Costa Rica: Gulf of Nicoya. [details] Etymology The specific epithet cryptospinigerus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin crypto-, meaning 'hidden or 'invisible', and the Latin word spinigerus, meaning 'thorn-bearing' or 'thorny', and refers to the spines in the anterior thoracic neuropodia which are often hidden from view by the numerous capillay chaetae. [details] Habitat Muddy sand, 18-22 m depth. [details] Type locality Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Gulf of Nicoya, St. 22 (09º48'25"N; 84º52'40"W), 22 m, muddy sand, 11 July 1980. [details] |
