Polychaeta taxon details
Tainokia Knox & Green, 1972
324732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324732)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knox, G. A. and Green, Kathryn M. 1972. The polychaetes of New Zealand. Part 3. Lysaretidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(3): 431-434. [details]
Etymology Tainokia is a compound noun adapted from the Maori language, with 'tai' meaning the location of the sea or the coast and...
Etymology Tainokia is a compound noun adapted from the Maori language, with 'tai' meaning the location of the sea or the coast and 'noke' meaning (earth) worm. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Tainokia Knox & Green, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324732 on 2024-11-19
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Knox, G. A. and Green, Kathryn M. 1972. The polychaetes of New Zealand. Part 3. Lysaretidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(3): 431-434. [details]
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Etymology Tainokia is a compound noun adapted from the Maori language, with 'tai' meaning the location of the sea or the coast and 'noke' meaning (earth) worm. [details]