Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Berkeley, E.; Berkeley, C. (1939). On a collection of Polychaeta, chiefly from the west coast of Mexico. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 11) 3: 321-346., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1939.9723608 page(s): 340 [no figures] [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Wells, G. P. 1962. The warm-water lugworms of the world (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 138(3): 331-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb05703.x page(s): 344, no figures; note: Wells examined Berkeleys' original Baja California material, plus specimens from Dakar and Brazil he matched as A. glasselli. There are no figures. [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype BMNH 1938 : 11 : 29 : 34-7., geounit Baja California [details]
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Etymology Arenicola glasselli is named after "Mr. S. A. Glassell, of Beverly Hills, California, who has recorded it, without specific name, as the host of the commensal crab Pinnixa pembertoni Glassell (1935, p. 102)." [details]
Type locality Intertidal, San Felipe, 31.0248, -114.8315, Baja California, Gulf of California [details]
Type material The Berkeley's sent original collection material to the British Museum, 1938 : 11 : 29 : 34-7 (according to Wells (1962) and the corresponding specimens there are marked as syntypes [details]
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