WoRMS name details
Ceratonereis vaipekae Gibbs, 1972
339101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339101)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gibbs, P.E. (1972). Polychaete annelids from the Cook Islands. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 168(2): 199-220., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1972.tb01347.x
page(s): 205-206, fig. 3(a)-(f) [details]
page(s): 205-206, fig. 3(a)-(f) [details]
Holotype NHMUK ZB.1972.1, geounit Cook Islands
, Type locality contained in Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone , Note South Pacific Ocean, Cook Islands, Aitutaki,...
Holotype NHMUK ZB.1972.1, geounit Cook Islands [details]
type locality contained in Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Pacific Ocean, Cook Islands, Aitutaki, mainland shore station at Vaipeka Tapere (Avanui District) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated using annexed map to be approximately lat. -18.846º, long. -159.773º), intertidal to 1.5 m depth, fine terrigenous sand. [details]
Depth range Mid-tide level and high water mark.
Distribution South Pacific Ocean, Aitutaki (Cook Islands).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet vaipekae refers to the type locality of the species, Vaipeka Tapere (Avanui District,...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Depth range Mid-tide level and high water mark. [details]
Distribution South Pacific Ocean, Aitutaki (Cook Islands).
Distribution South Pacific Ocean, Aitutaki (Cook Islands). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet vaipekae refers to the type locality of the species, Vaipeka Tapere (Avanui District,...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet vaipekae refers to the type locality of the species, Vaipeka Tapere (Avanui District, Aitutaki, Cook Islands). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ceratonereis vaipekae Gibbs, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339101 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Gibbs, P.E. (1972). Polychaete annelids from the Cook Islands. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 168(2): 199-220., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1972.tb01347.x
page(s): 205-206, fig. 3(a)-(f) [details]
page(s): 205-206, fig. 3(a)-(f) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK ZB.1972.1, geounit Cook Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Mid-tide level and high water mark. [details]Distribution South Pacific Ocean, Aitutaki (Cook Islands). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet vaipekae refers to the type locality of the species, Vaipeka Tapere (Avanui District, Aitutaki, Cook Islands). [details]
Habitat Muddy sand between mid-tide level and high water mark, in situations where brackish conditions may occur. In vertical burrows (2 to 5 cm deep) in muddy sand between the levels of mid-tide and high water mark, in zones where it is likely that the salinity is lowered considerably after heavy rain as a result of the land surface drainage. [details]
Specimen Holotype (NHMUK ZB.1972.1) and paratypes (NHMUK ZB.1972.2 and ZB.1972.3) deposited at the The Natural History Museum, London (UK). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality South Pacific Ocean, Cook Islands, Aitutaki, mainland shore station at Vaipeka Tapere (Avanui District) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated using annexed map to be approximately lat. -18.846º, long. -159.773º), intertidal to 1.5 m depth, fine terrigenous sand. [details]
