WoRMS name details
original description
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855 page(s): 710-711, plate I figs. 1-3, plate II fig. 4 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280 page(s): 703-704; note: as Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873 [details]
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 20-30 fathoms (about 36.6-54.9 m). [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA: Eastport (Maine); Provincetown (Massachusetts). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet bilineata (masculine: bilineatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'doubly lined', and refers to the two longitudinal dark lines typical of the colour pattern of the species, described as being ''gray with two lateral dorsal brown bands, and with brown specks at the base of the feet, both above and below'' (Webster& Benedict, 1887: 711). [details]
Habitat On dredged shells and sand, between 35-55 m. [details]
Synonymy According to Pleijel (1991: 255) this species is a ''Junior homonym, possibly also junior synonym, to Eulalia bilineata (Johnston, 1840).'' [details]
Type locality Eastport, Maine, Atlantic coast of the USA (gazetteer estimate 44.89°, -66.97°), on dredged shells. [details]From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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