WoRMS name details

Notophycus minutus Knox & Cameron, 1970

330021  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330021)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences.</em> 12(9): 73-85., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-biological-sciences/1970/05/14
page(s): 75, figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands  
Holotype CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands [details]
Note Boat Harbour, Snares Islands, New Zealand,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Boat Harbour, Snares Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -48.023º, 166.609º), from red algal washings from Durvillea zone (lower eulittoral).  [details]
Depth range Lower eulittoral (intertidal).   
Depth range Lower eulittoral (intertidal).  [details]

Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Boat Harbour, Snares Islands (New Zealand).   
Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Boat Harbour, Snares Islands (New Zealand).  [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minutus is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and presumably makes reference...  
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minutus is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and presumably makes reference to the small size of the species, stated as "Length of body up to 3mm" (Knox & Cameron, 1970: 75).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Notophycus minutus Knox & Cameron, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330021 on 2024-11-13
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2011-08-27 04:10:53Z
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original description Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences.</em> 12(9): 73-85., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-biological-sciences/1970/05/14
page(s): 75, figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140.
page(s): 123-124, plate 1 figs. e-i [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands [details]
Paratype CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Lower eulittoral (intertidal).  [details]

Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Boat Harbour, Snares Islands (New Zealand).  [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minutus is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and presumably makes reference to the small size of the species, stated as "Length of body up to 3mm" (Knox & Cameron, 1970: 75).  [details]

Habitat Red algal washings from the Durvillea zone (lower eulittoral).  [details]

Type locality Boat Harbour, Snares Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -48.023º, 166.609º), from red algal washings from Durvillea zone (lower eulittoral).  [details]