Polychaeta name details
original description
Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239 page(s): 428-429, plate XXIV figs. 25-27 [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, 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]
source of synonymy
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Imajima, M. (1972). Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with descriptions of five new species or subspecies. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 15(1): 37-153. page(s): 72; note: new name designation [details]
Holotype USNM 15734, geounit Suruga Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 63-75 fathoms (= 115-137 m). [details]
Distribution NW Pacific Ocean: Japan (Suruga Bay). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pusilla (masculine: pusillus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'very little' or 'very small', and presumably refers to the small size of the specimens, referred as being immature, with the type specimen being described as ''consisting of 50 somites, [and] measures 20 mm. long and 2.2 mm. between the tips of the parapodia at the widest part'' (Moore, 1903: 428). [details]
Habitat Volcanic sand and ash and gravel, at shelf depths. [details]
Homonymy Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 is a junior primary homonym of Nereis pusilla O.F. Müller, 1776, and was replaced by the name Ceratonereis moorei Imajima, 1972. [details]
Type locality Ose Zaki, Suruga Bay, Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 35.033º, 138.783º), 115-137 m, volcanic sand and ash and gravel. [details]From other sources
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM); Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
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