Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf page(s): 21-24, figs. 14-15, 18C, table 1 [details]
Holotype USNM 1096808, geounit Aklan [details]
Paratype USNM 1096809, geounit Aklan [details]
Paratype USNM 1096810, geounit Aklan [details]
Paratype ZRC 2006.0223, geounit Aklan [details]
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Depth range Shallow subtidal (<5 m). [details]
Distribution Philippines: Diniwid Beach, Boracay Island (Aklan province). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnicornuta is composed by the Latin adjective magni, for 'great' or 'large', and the Latin adjective cornutus, for 'horned', and refers to the large, conical occipital tentacle present in the species. [details]
Habitat Sandy beaches, in shallow subtidal (<5 m). [details]
Type locality Diniwid Beach, Boracay Island, Aklan province, Philippines (gazetteer estimate 11.9764, 121.9115), shallow subtidal (<5 m), sandy beach. [details]
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