WoRMS name details
original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. 1936. Polychaetous annelids from Amoy, China. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 83(2984): 261-279., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7767781#page/299/mode/1up page(s): 273-275, fig. 20a-f; note: a single epitokous male specimen [details]
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to <i>Leptonereis</i>, <i>Nicon</i>, and <i>Laeonereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 104: 1-53., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5689 page(s): 44-46, fig. 25; note: with Tylorrhynchus heterochetus (Quatrefages, 1866) [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 20118, geounit Xiamen [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated in the original description, probably not registered. The holotype is an epitokous male specimen, so it could have been collected in the water column. [details]
Distribution North Pacific Ocean: Xiamen (Fujian, China). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet distorta is a Latin adjective meaning 'distorted' or 'deformed'. It is not explicitly stated, but the name refers clearly to the body shape of the holotype, as described by the author: "From the fourth to the eighth setigerous somites there is a rapid increase in length and breadth, the eighth being two and a half times the width and three to four times the length of the peristomium. Possibly some of these differences are due to distortion caused by preservation methods" (Treadwell, 1936: 273). [details]
Habitat Not stated in the original description, probably not registered. The holotype is an epitokous male specimen, so it could have been collected in the water column. [details]
Type locality Amoy [= Xiamen], Fujian, China, Taiwan Strait, North Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 24.47°, 118.06°). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 20118). [details]
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