Polychaeta name details
original description
San Martín, G. 1990. Eusyllinae (Syllidae, Polychaeta) from Cuba and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 46(3): 590-619., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1990/00000046/00000003/art00003 page(s): 601-604, figs. 8-9 [details]
new combination reference
San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498 page(s): 1491 [details]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/679, geounit Cuba [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1-3 m. [details]
Distribution Caribbean Sea (Cuba). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet aciculata refers to the characteristic posterior aciculae of the species. [details]
Habitat Amongst algae and in coralline rocks and coral rubble, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Archipiélago de los Canarreos, off Cayo Matías (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be lat. 21.56417º, long. -82.44083º). [details]
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