Polychaeta name details
original description
Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1900). An Atlantic Palolo, Staurocephalus gregaricus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 36(1): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30098249 page(s): 2-12, plate 1 figs. 1-9, plate 2 figs. 10-17, plate 3 figs. 18-27 [details]
additional source
Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1908). The annual breeding-swarm of the Atlantic Palolo. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 102: 107-112., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1632941 page(s): 107 [details]
source of synonymy
Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1902). The Atlantic palolo. <em>The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Sciences bulletin.</em> 1(3): 93-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50943311 page(s): 93 [details]
Syntype MCZ unknown, geounit Florida Keys [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Mayer later changed the spelling of his name to Mayor, to avoid problems in the USA with bias against names of Germanic heritage. [details]
Taxonomy Mayer (1900) described a Eunice reproductive tail ends as a Staurocephalus (Dorvilleidae) species, but soon corrected his mistake. [details]
Type locality Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 24.6337, -82.9215 [details]
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