Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype USNM 62008, geounit Bahamas [details]
Paratype USNM 62009, geounit Bahamas [details]
Paratype ZMH P-16467, geounit Bahamas [details]
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Association The species was found on the demosponge Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. [details]
Depth range 20 m. [details]
Distribution West Atlantic: Bahamas, Grand Bahama Island. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet agelas is the generic name of the host of the species, the demosponge Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. [details]
Habitat On the demosponge Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, at about 20 m depth. [details]
Reproduction Two specimens with oocytes in the coelomic cavity, beginning in chaetigers 31 and 33. [details]
Type locality West Atlantic, Bahamas, Grand Bahama Island, 1.5 km south of Lucaya (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 26.5º, long. -78.645º). [details]
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