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Polychaeta source details
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2008). Review of some terebelliform polychaetes (Polychaeta: Terebelliformia) at the Yale Peabody Museum. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 49(2): 209-234.
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10.3374/0079-032X-49.2.209 [view]
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos
2008
Review of some terebelliform polychaetes (Polychaeta: Terebelliformia) at the Yale Peabody Museum.
Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
49(2): 209-234
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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An analysis of terebelliform polychaete materials at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, revealed seven species, two of which are described herein: Trichobranchus drewi n. sp. and Nicolea lazo-wasemi n. sp. The other five species included Enoplobranchus sanguineus (Verrill, 1873), Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855), N. simplex Verrill, 1873, revised status, Polymniella aurantiaca (Verrill, 1900) and Terebella cf. verrilli. All seven species are described or redescribed here, with comparisons to congeners as necessary.
Atlantic Ocean (without specification)
Systematics, Taxonomy
Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) (status source)
Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) (redescription) Enoplobranchus Verrill, 1879 (status source) Enoplobranchus sanguineus (Verrill, 1873) (redescription) Neoamphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) accepted as Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) (status source) Nicolea lazowasemi Nogueira, 2008 (original description) Nicolea simplex Verrill, 1873 (redescription) Polymniella Verrill, 1900 (status source) Polymniella aurantiaca (Verrill, 1900) (redescription) Trichobranchus drewi Nogueira, 2008 (original description)
Holotype YPM 30174, geounit Marthas Vineyard, identified as Trichobranchus drewi Nogueira, 2008
Holotype YPM 40593, geounit Long Island Sound, identified as Nicolea lazowasemi Nogueira, 2008 Etymology author: "named after Eric A. Lazo-Wasem, Senior Collections Manager of the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the ... [details] Etymology 'drewi' named after Daniel J. Drew, Museum Assistant in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody ... [details] Reproduction sexual dimorphism is present (author): "Mature males are longer, have reddish bodies, are dorsally inflated on ... [details] Spelling incorrect original spelling as Nicolea lazo-wasemi becomes lazowasemi by mandatory deletion of hyphen (ICZN article ... [details] Taxonomy Comment by Nogueira (2008:219): "No other species of Amphitrite, including Neoamphitrite, have any of these ... [details] Taxonomy Based on beach specimens previously identified as Nicolea zostericola, collected by W. D. Hartman in 1955 [details] Taxonomy Nogueira (2008:227): ""a monotypic genus, only known from Bermuda and nearby localities. Polymniella is similar to ... [details] Taxonomy Author compares to T. roseus, T. americanus and T. glacialis which have also been recorded from the North-American ... [details] Type locality Double Beach, Long Island Sound, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA, (gazetteer estimate 41.2558 -72.8317 [details] Type locality 70 km SE of Martha’s Vineyard, USA Atlantic coast, 40.5667 -70.85 (40 34' N, 70 51' W) R/V Atlantis II, 67.7 to 71.4 m [details] |