Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Perkins, Thomas H. (1981). Syllidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida, with descriptions of a new genus and twenty-one new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1080-1172., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599967 page(s): 1097-1099, fig. 7a-i [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
Holotype USNM 60345, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 11-55 m. [details]
Distribution Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, as opposed to that of the closely related tropical Pacific species, Exogone microtentaculata Westheide, 1974. [details]
Habitat In coarse calcareous sand and scleractinian Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766). [details]
Type locality Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida, off Egmont Key (27º37'N, 83º28'W). [details]
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