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Twenty species are recorded including three new species, Notophycus minutus, Nudisyllis tinihekea and Marphysa unibranchiata. Two new genera, Nudisyllis and Notophycus have been established, the latter being the sole genus in a new family, the Notophycidae. A further five species are recorded for the first time from the New Zealand region.
Pacific, South West
Notophycidae Knox & Cameron, 1970 accepted as Nereidinae Blainville, 1818 (original description)
Notophycus Knox & Cameron, 1970 accepted as Micronereis Claparède, 1863 (original description)
Notophycus minutus Knox & Cameron, 1970 accepted as Micronereis minuta (Knox & Cameron, 1970) (original description)
Nudisyllis Knox & Cameron, 1970 (original description)
Nudisyllis tinihekea Knox & Cameron, 1970 (original description)
Paratype CMNZ, geounit Snares Islands, identified as Nudisyllis tinihekea Knox & Cameron, 1970
Holotype CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands, identified as Notophycus minutus Knox & Cameron, 1970
Paratype CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands, identified as Notophycus minutus Knox & Cameron, 1970
Lower eulittoral (intertidal) to 2 m depth. [details]
Original diagnosis by Knox & Cameron (1970: 75): "With the characters of the family [Notophycidae]." The diagnosis ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Knox & Cameron (1970: 77): "Body short, up to 35 segments; first segment partially fused to ... [details]
South Pacific Ocean: Boat Harbour, Snares Islands (New Zealand). [details]
South Pacific Ocean: Boat Harbour, Snares Islands (New Zealand). [details]
New Zealand (Snares Islands); Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia). [details]
Not stated, uncertain. The name Notophycus is composed by the combining form of Greek origin noto-, maybe from the ... [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet minutus is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and presumably makes ... [details]
The name of the genus is formed by the Latin prefix nudus, meaning 'naked' or 'bare', and the name of the type ... [details]
The specific epithet tinihekea refers to the Maori name for the Snares Islands, Tiniheke. [details]
Red algal washings from the Durvillea zone (lower eulittoral). [details]
Red algal washings from the Durvillea zone (lower eulittoral). [details]
Boat Harbour, Snares Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -48.023º, 166.609º), from red ... [details]
New Zealand, Snares Islands, Boat Harbour (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be ... [details]