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Baird, William. (1865). On new tubicolous annelids, in the collection of the British Museum. Part 2. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 8: 157-160, plate V.
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Baird, William
1865
On new tubicolous annelids, in the collection of the British Museum. Part 2.
Journal of the Linnean Society of London
8: 157-160, plate V
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). The "part 2" of the title is a mystery. There is no part one of this same title in this journal. Probably Baird was referring to the previous article "Description of several new species and varieties of tubicolous annelides" in which he described serpulids
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Syntype NHMUK 1842.2.24.33-34, geounit Falkland Islands, identified as Terebella bilineata Baird, 1865
Syntype NHMUK 1972.86, geounit Southern Ocean, identified as Terebella flabellum Baird, 1865
 Depth range

Not stated in the original description, unknown. [details]

 Depth range

Not stated in the original description, unknown. [details]

 Distribution

South Atlantic Ocean: Falkland Islands. [details]

 Distribution

Probably subantarctic Indian Ocean, near Marion Island (cited as "Narcon Island"). [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet bilneata is a Latin adjective meaning 'doubly lined' ... [details]

 Etymology

Not specified in the original description. The specific epithet flabellum is a Latin noun meaning 'fan', and it ... [details]

 Habitat

Not stated in the original description, unknown. [details]

 Habitat

Not stated in the original description, unknown. [details]

 Spelling

originally hyphenated as Sabella nigro-maculata, from St Vincent, West Indies [details]

 Taxonomy

Terebella flabellum was based on the description of the tubes of the animal, and not on the animal itself, which ... [details]

 Type locality

Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -51.7°, -59.3°). [details]

 Type locality

Locality named as Narcon Island in the Southern Ocean, but it is widely thought this is an error for Marion Island [details]