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Polychaeta taxon details

Exogone atlantica Perkins, 1981

327967  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327967)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 60345, geounit Gulf of Mexico  
Holotype USNM 60345, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Note Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida, off Egmont...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida, off Egmont Key (27º37'N, 83º28'W).  [details]
Depth range 11-55 m.  
Depth range 11-55 m. [details]

Distribution Gulf of Mexico.   
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...  
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]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Exogone atlantica Perkins, 1981. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327967 on 2025-05-30
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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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  PDF available [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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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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