Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Meißner, Karin. (2005). Revision of the genus <i>Spiophanes</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae); with new synonymies, new records and descriptions of new species. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe.</em> 81(1): 3-65., available online at http://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.200310001 page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype LACM-AHF POLY 2144, verbatimGeounit off Durban, South Af... [details]
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Etymology inflatus is Latin for puffed up, swollen, thickened, and refers to the swollen margins of postchaetal lobes on chaetigers 1–4, a diagnostic character of this species. [details]
Type locality off Durban, South Africa, South Indian Ocean, 29 26′ 0″ S, 31 46′ 0″ E (-29.433333, 31.766667) [details]
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