original description(ofHydroides protulicola Benedict, 1887)Benedict, James E. (1887). Descriptions of ten species and one new genus of annelids from the dredging of the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer Albatross. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 9: 547-553, plates 20-25., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-594.547[details]
basis of recordRioja, Enrique 1946. Estudios anelidologicos. XIV. Observaciones sobre algunos poliquetos de las costas del Golfo de Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Mexico 17(1/2): 193-203.[details]
additional sourceHartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.[details] Available for editors [request]
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