WoRMS taxon details
Webbnesia maculata Núñez, Barnich & Monterroso, 2022
1609380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1609380)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Núñez, Jorge; Barnich, Ruth; Monterroso, Óscar. (2022). A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Canary Islands, and update on taxa present in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 846(1): 55-74., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1965
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Holotype TFMC BM-AN/246, geounit Northeast Atlantic...
, Note east coast of Gran Canaria, off Tufía, Canary...
Holotype TFMC BM-AN/246, geounit Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality east coast of Gran Canaria, off Tufía, Canary Islands, east Atlantic, 27.9652, -15.4067, 27 m, fine sand [details]
Etymology the species name refers to the characteristic pigmented patches on the elytra, thus described by the Latin adjective...
Etymology the species name refers to the characteristic pigmented patches on the elytra, thus described by the Latin adjective ‘maculatus’ in its female ending [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Webbnesia maculata Núñez, Barnich & Monterroso, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609380 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
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Núñez, Jorge; Barnich, Ruth; Monterroso, Óscar. (2022). A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Canary Islands, and update on taxa present in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 846(1): 55-74., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1965
page(s): 63-69, figures 2–6, tables 2–3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 63-69, figures 2–6, tables 2–3 [details] Available for editors

Holotype TFMC BM-AN/246, geounit Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology the species name refers to the characteristic pigmented patches on the elytra, thus described by the Latin adjective ‘maculatus’ in its female ending [details]Type locality east coast of Gran Canaria, off Tufía, Canary Islands, east Atlantic, 27.9652, -15.4067, 27 m, fine sand [details]