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Polychaeta taxon detailsWestheideia minutimala Wolf, 1986
332856 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332856)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Wolf, Paul S. 1986. Four new genera of Dorvilleidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 99(4): 616-626., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34596091 [details]
Type locality contained in United States part of the Gulf of Mexico
type locality contained in United States part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
From other sources
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, Florida [details]
Etymology Not stated. However, Westheideia minutimala is probably named for the small maxillary carriers, as 'minutus' is small and...
Etymology Not stated. However, Westheideia minutimala is probably named for the small maxillary carriers, as 'minutus' is small and 'mala' is jaw in Latin [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Westheideia minutimala Wolf, 1986. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332856 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Wolf, Paul S. 1986. Four new genera of Dorvilleidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 99(4): 616-626., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34596091 [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]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. However, Westheideia minutimala is probably named for the small maxillary carriers, as 'minutus' is small and 'mala' is jaw in Latin [details]From other sources
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Type locality Gulf of Mexico, Florida [details] |