WoRMS name details
original description
Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 page(s): 241-242 [details]
source of synonymy
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631 page(s): 387-388; note: with Thelepus circinnata [sic] (Fabricius, 1780) [details]
source of synonymy
Tauber, P. (1879). Annulata Danica. En Kritisk Revision af de i Danmark Fundne Annulata Chaetognatha, Gephyrea, Balanoglossi, Discophoreae, Oligochaeta, Gymnocopa og Polychaeta. <em>Reitzel. K benhavn.</em> 1-143. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 133; note: with Terebella circinnata [sic] [details]
source of synonymy
Marenzeller, Emil von. (1884). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. Dritter Beitrag. [Terebellen (<i>Amphitritea</i> Mgrn.)]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 89(1-3): 151-215, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35292441 page(s): 205; note: with Thelepus cincinnatus [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]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, probably subtidal depths. [details]
Distribution England: North Sea (Northumberland); English Channel (Devon). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet punctata, Latin adjective meaning 'spotted', refers obviously to the presence of red or clear roundish spots on the tentacles and segments of the worm: "The tentacula are [...] prettily speckled with reddish spots. [...] [The] segments are all speckled with scarlet dots. But the peculiar marking of the dorsal surface constitutes the distinguishing character of the species. It is punctuated, in a very pretty way, with clear roundish spots, imitating lacework in their arrangement" (Johnston, 1865: 241). [details]
Habitat "The coralline region, very common" (Johnston, 1865: 241). Tube described as being "generally constructed on old bivalve shells", belonging to Venus islandica, Pecten maximus, and Cardium echinatum. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality England, Atlantic Ocean. The original description refers specimens collected mainly in Berwick Bay (Northumberland, North Sea; gazetteer estimate 55.73°, -1.94°), but also in south Devon (English Channel; gazetteer estimate 50.5°, -3.4°). [details]
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