Depth range
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Intertidal.
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Frouin, Patrick; Hily, Christian. (1998). Two new species of Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Tahiti, French Polynesia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111(4): 799-806.
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Distribution
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South Pacific Ocean: La Fayette Beach (Tahiti, French Polynesia).
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Frouin, Patrick; Hily, Christian. (1998). Two new species of Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Tahiti, French Polynesia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111(4): 799-806.
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Habitat
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In the surf zone of all basaltic beaches fully exposed to the ocean waters, not protected by a barrier reef, in the east and west coasts of Tahiti. The species lives in non-permanent mucous tubes and occurs in densities of 700-1000 m2, in fine sandy sediments in the intertidal region of the beach; the tidal range is about 50 cm.
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Frouin, Patrick; Hily, Christian. (1998). Two new species of Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Tahiti, French Polynesia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111(4): 799-806.
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