Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1959). Zur Ökologie der Polychaeten des Mangrove‐Estero‐Gebietes von El Salvador. <em>Beitrage zur Neotropischen Fauna.</em> 1(2): 69-183., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650525909380612 page(s): 114-116, figs. 58-60 [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): 274, fig. 113 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-14549, geounit El Salvador [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water, in or near salt pans. [details]
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jiquilisco, Mapachin). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet salina makes reference to the particular habitat where the species was collected, being 'salinas' the Spanish word for 'salt pans'. [details]
Habitat Area of salt pans with high content of salt, in mud at shallow water (salinity 35‰; temperature 24.5ºC). [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Estero Jiquilisco, Mapachin, area with salt pans (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer and accompanying map to be approximately lat. 13.2667º long. -88.5167º). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Type material Holotype (ZMH P-14549) with 51 segments, 7 mm long, 0.6 mm wide without parapodia. [details]
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