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): 604, figs. 10-11 [details]
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
new combination reference
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 page(s): 36-37 [details]
new combination reference
Amaral, A.C.Z. and Rossi-Wongtschowski, C.L.B. (2004). Biodiversidade Bentônica da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil - Plataforma Externa e Talude Superior. [Benthic biodiversity of the southeast and southern regions of Brazil - continental shelf and slope.]. Instituto Oceanográfico, São Paulo, 216 pp., available online at http://www.mma.gov.br/estruturas/revizee/_arquivos/revizee_bentos.pdf page(s): 115 [details]
Holotype USNM 122681, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 106-189 m. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet aciculigrossa is composed with the words acicula and the Latin word grossa, meaning thick, making reference to the unusually thick aciculae of the species. [details]
Habitat Clayey sandy silt. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to genus Typosyllis by Licher (1999), and Syllis in Amaral & Rossi-Wongtschowski (2004). [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, off Florida (28º23'59.3"N, 85º15'03"W). [details]
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