Polychaeta taxon details
original description
San Martín, Guillermo; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Aguado, María Teresa. (2013). The genus <i>Branchiosyllis</i> Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida, Syllidae, Syllinae) from off the American coasts, with the description of a new species from Venezuela. <em>Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences.</em> 8(3): 166-179., available online at http://www.panamjas.org/pdf_artigos/PANAMJAS_8(3)_166-179.pdf page(s): 167-168, figs. 1A-B, 2A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/14690, geounit Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2 m. [details]
Distribution Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, San Esteban National Park. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The species is named after Dr. David Bone, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, who organized the collection field trip in Venezuela. [details]
Habitat Algae and hydrozoans, at shallow water. [details]
Reproduction Unknown. [details]
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, San Esteban National Park (geocoordinates not provided, estimated using a gazetteer to be lat. 10.489024º, long. -67.949145º). [details]
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