Polychaeta name details
original description
Wolf, Paul S. (1986). Three new species of Pilargidae (Annelida:Polychaeta) from the east coast of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(3): 464-471., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595935 page(s): 469-471, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
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, F.; Westheide, W. (1994). The phylogenetic position of the Pilargidae with a cladistic analysis of the taxon - facts and ideas. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie.</em> 162: 223-235. page(s): 233 [details]
Holotype USNM 98769, geounit Florida [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Florida [details]
Nontype USNM 86988, geounit Florida [details]
Nontype USNM 86989, geounit Florida [details]
Paratype USNM 98770, geounit Florida [details]
Paratype USNM 98771, geounit Florida [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 21-24 m. [details]
Distribution East and west coast of Florida (Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honor of Mr. R. Michal Ewing, Old Dominion University, "a friend, colleague, and talented polychaetologist" (Wolf, 1986: 471). [details]
Habitat Sand and medium fine sand, at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, off Tampa Bay (27º25.36'N, 83º03.12'W), sand, at 22 m. [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 98769) and paratypes (USNM 98770, USNM 98771) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA). [details]
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