Polycirrus corallicola Verrill, 1900

Glasby, Christopher J. & Hutchings, Pat, 2014, Revision of the taxonomy of Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae), Zootaxa 3877 (1), pp. 1-117 : 42-43

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scientific name	Polycirrus corallicola Verrill, 1900
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Polycirrus corallicola Verrill, 1900 View in CoL , species inquirenda

Polycirrus corallicola Verrill, 1900: 665 View in CoL .

Type locality. Atlantic Ocean , Bermuda .

Type material examined.? HOLOTYPE: YPM 58078, Bermuda, Hamilton Parish, Bailey’s Bay , 1 m, collected during the A.E. Verrill Bermuda expedition of 1898.

Comments. The probable holotype consists of a single slide. We dissolved the mounting medium and carefully peeled off the fragments of the specimen; however, it is now unidentifiable to species, although it clearly belongs to the genus. Therefore unless additional material is collected from this site, this species is indeterminate. The original description lacks illustrations and provides limited details regarding the noto- and neurochaetae. Verrill indicates that the type represents a small slender species, swollen anteriorly, attenuated posteriorly and consists of about 45 segments, and is 10 mm long and 1 mm wide; further he suggests it may be immature.