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Polychaeta taxon details

Rhinothelepus occabus Hutchings, 1990

331502  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331502)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (1990). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region. In: Morton, Brian (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp: 377-412.
page(s): 386-388, fig. 4a-d [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  AMW201903  
Holotype AMW201903 [details]
Note Hong Kong, east of Gulf Head Tolo Channel 2   
From editor or global species database
Type locality Hong Kong, east of Gulf Head Tolo Channel 2  [details]
Depth range 4-9 m.  
Depth range 4-9 m. [details]

Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea).  
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea). [details]

Etymology "The specific name occabus is derived from the Latin meaning 'armulet' or 'collar', referring to the anterior glandular...  
Etymology "The specific name occabus is derived from the Latin meaning 'armulet' or 'collar', referring to the anterior glandular rings present" (Hutchings, 1990: 388).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Rhinothelepus occabus Hutchings, 1990. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331502 on 2024-03-28
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (1990). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region. In: Morton, Brian (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp: 377-412.
page(s): 386-388, fig. 4a-d [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (HKRMS) Shin, P. K. S. (1998). Biodiversity of subtidal benthic polychaetes in Hong Kong coastal waters. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Marine Biology of the South China Sea, The Marine Biology of the South China Sea (ed. Morton,B.), PP57-74. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]   

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  PDF available [request] 

redescription Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Carrerette, Orlemir; Hutchings, Pat; Fitzhugh, Kirk. (2018). Systematic review of the species of the family Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013 (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-41 [online before print, 19 Jan 2018]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1401729
page(s): 31-33, figs. 23-26; note: redescription based on holotype and paratypes [details]   
Holotype AMW201903 [details]
Paratype AMW201904 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 4-9 m. [details]

Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea). [details]

Etymology "The specific name occabus is derived from the Latin meaning 'armulet' or 'collar', referring to the anterior glandular rings present" (Hutchings, 1990: 388).  [details]

Habitat Sand or silty sand, 4-9 m. [details]

Type locality Hong Kong, east of Gulf Head Tolo Channel 2  [details]