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Polychaeta name details
original description
Baird, William. (1864). Description of a new British Annelide, belonging to the tribe Rapacea of Grube = Annelida errantia of Milne-Edwards. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Ser. Zoology.</em> 8(29): 8-10, plate I fig. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601750
page(s): 8-10, plate I fig. 1 [details] 
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors  [request]
additional source
Baird, William 1865. Supplement, containing Addenda and Corrigenda and additional species, in G.A. Johnston ed., A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum: London, British Museum, p. 337-350.
page(s): 341 [details]
source of synonymy
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. <em>Ray Society of London.</em> 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042
page(s): 292 [via H. schmardaei] [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1863.4.7.13, geounit Polperro [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated by the author. [details]
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Baird (1864: 8): "Corpus pyramidatum, maculatum, dorso et ventre canaliculatum. Segmenta 2ndum, 3rtium, 4tum et 5ntum brevissima; segmenta sexdecim sequentia magna, pedibus validis, simplicibus; segmenta partis posterioris corporis parva, confertim disposita, pedibus parvis, compositis; cirri pedum anteriorum simplices, non crenati." [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: English Channel. [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The specfic epithet signata is a Latin participle meaning 'marked', 'indicated' or 'distinguished', and could refer to the colour pattern of the type specimen: "The dorsal surface is beautifully marked with dark-purple spots, which extend over the upper part of the feet, leaving a hollow space in the centre free from them" (Baird, 1864: 9). [details]
Habitat Muddy bottom. [details]
Holotype Epitokous specimen. Deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1863.4.7.13). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality Polperro, Cornwall, England, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 50.329°, -4.514°). [details]
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