Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hernández-Alcántara, Pablo; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne; García-Garza, María Elena. (2019 (online 2018)). A new species of Decamastus Hartman, 1963 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from the Gulf of California, with remarks on its habitat. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49(3): 1123-1130., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-018-0896-3 page(s): 3 of 8, figures 2a-h, 3a-i; note: Near Tiburon Island, Gulf of California [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ICML-UNAM CNAP– ICML POH–17–001, geounit Gulf of California [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis authors: "Prostomium short, conical, with two dark brown eyespots and a distal palpode. Thorax with achaetous peristomium; first chaetiger with notopodia only and nine complete chaetigers, all bearing only capillary chaetae. Abdomen with multidentate hooded hooks in both rami, each with a main fang surmounted by more than 20 small teeth arranged in at least four rows. Branchiae absent. " [details]
Etymology authors: "okuilin" is the word used to designate the worms in Nahuatl, a language spoken by indigenous people in Mexico since before the Spanish conquest." Editor: as 'okuilin' is an unchanged noun the species name 'okuilin' is a noun in apposition, unchanging with genus gender. [details]
Type locality North of Tiburon Island, Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, 29.3883, -112.5117, (29° 23.3′ N, 112° 30.7′ W), 71.9 m [details]
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