Polychaeta name details
original description
Chen, Mu; Wu, BaoLing. (1978). Two new species of the genus Hydroides (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Xisha Islands, Guandong Province, China. <em>Studia Marina Sinica.</em> 12: 141-145. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but the name for H. trilobulus evidently refers to three vesicular verticil spines (three lobes), which are small ones, hence the diminutive Latin suffix –ulus. [details]
Type locality Xisha Islands (unspecified further), South China Sea, of which Yongxing Island is the largest, map estimate, 16.8833° 112.2833° [details]
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