Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Zhou, Yadong; Han, Yuru; Xie, Wei; Li, Mingting; Wang, Zhi; Zhang, Dongsheng. (2023). Diversity, phylogeny, and bathymetric zonation of <i>Sirsoe</i> (Annelida: Hesionidae) from colonization experiments in the South China Sea, with the description of three new species. <em>Ecology and Evolution.</em> 13(7): e10256: 1-19., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ece3.10256 page(s): 7 of 19, figure 4; note: Cow carcass experiment, Zhongnan seamount, South China Sea, 115.423°E, 13.942°N, 655 m depth. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype RSIO SY400001, geounit South China Sea [details]
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Etymology “polita”, meaning smoothed in Latin, refers to the smoothed proboscis without ciliation between foliaceous papillae. Therefore, the suggested formal Chinese name is “光洁神女虫”. [details]
Type locality Cow carcass experiment, Zhongnan seamount, South China Sea, 13.942°N, 115.423°E, , 655 m depth. [details]
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