The taxonomic status of quill worms, genus Hyalinoecia (Polychaeta: Onuphidae), from the North American Atlantic continental slope

Authors

Charlotte P. Mangum, Department of Biology, College of William and Mary
William R. Rhodes, Department of Biology, College of William and Mary

Publication Date

4-27-1970

Series Number

144

Abstract

Morphological characters of quill worms from the North American continental slope have been compared with those of Hyalinoecia tubicola (O. F. Müller) from the English Channel. The results indicate consistent and exclusive differences in worms of the same size. We suggest that Hyalinoecia artifex Verrill be reinstated for North American quill worms, as originally intended.