WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Carrerette, Orlemir; Nogueira, João Miguel De Matos; Hutchings, Pat. (2017). The genus <em>Thelepus</em> Leuckart, 1849 (Annelida, Thelepodidae) in Brazil, with a redescription of the holotype of <em>T. setosus</em> (Quatrefages, 1866). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4250(6): 587-599., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4250.6.6 page(s): 591-595, figs. 3-4, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MZUSP 3017, geounit Campos Basin [details]
Paratype MZUSP 3018, geounit Campos Basin [details]
Paratype MZUSP 3019, geounit Campos Basin [details]
Paratype MZUSP 3043, geounit Campos Basin [details]
Paratype MZUSP 3044, geounit Campos Basin [details]
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Depth range 15-48.2 m. [details]
Distribution SW Atlantic Ocean: Brazil (off the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet megalobiatum is composed by the prefix of Greek origin mega-, meaning 'great'or 'very large', and the Latin adjective labiatum, meaning 'lipped' or 'having lips', and refers to the large size of lower lip, which projects as a ventral lobe reaching segment 3. [details]
Habitat Sand, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Campos Basin, State of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, Atlantic Ocean (-21.4656°, -40.9414°). [details]
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