WoRMS taxon details
NomenclatureTaxonomyredescription
Nygren, Arne; Sundkvist, Tobias; Mikac, Barbara; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2010. Two new and two poorly known autolytines (Polychaeta: Syllidae)
from Madeira and the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 2640: 35–52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02640p052f.pdf page(s): 45-47, fig. 3B, 5C-E [details]
Holotype NHMW 2512, geounit Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Diagnosis Proceraea with brown segmental bands, and antennae, dorsal tentacular cirri, and dorsal cirri brown. [details]
Distribution Only known from Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet madeirensis refers to the type locality of the species, meaning 'from Madeira'. [details]
Habitat Among hydroids on balanids, rocks with Lithothamnion and epifauna. [details]
Nomenclature Proceraea fasciata Langerhans, 1879 has long been a junior homonym to P. fasciata (Bosc, 1802). Nygren (2004) introduced the new replacement name madeirensis for the species. [details]
Reproduction Unknown. [details]
Type locality Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island. [details]
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