WoRMS name details
Questidae Hartman, 1966
904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:904)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Family
Questa Hartman, 1966 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, O. 1966. Quantitive survey of the benthos of San Pedro Basin, southern California. Part II. Final results and conclusions. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 19(2): 187-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27911709
page(s): 197 [details]
page(s): 197 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Questidae Hartman, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=904 on 2021-03-06
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Hartman, O. 1966. Quantitive survey of the benthos of San Pedro Basin, southern California. Part II. Final results and conclusions. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 19(2): 187-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27911709
page(s): 197 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Rouse, G.W.; Fauchald, K. (1997). Cladistics and polychaetes. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 26(2), 139-204., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1997.tb00412.x [details]
additional source Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M. E. (2007). A molecular phylogeny of annelids. <em>Cladistics.</em> 23(1): 41-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00128.x [details] Available for editors
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redescription Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(4): 345-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00466.x [details]
status source Giere, O.; Ebbe, B.; Erséus, C. 2007. Questa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Orbiniidae) from Pacific regions - new species and reassessment of the genus Periquesta. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4): 304-319 [details]
page(s): 197 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Rouse, G.W.; Fauchald, K. (1997). Cladistics and polychaetes. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 26(2), 139-204., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1997.tb00412.x [details]
additional source Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M. E. (2007). A molecular phylogeny of annelids. <em>Cladistics.</em> 23(1): 41-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00128.x [details] Available for editors

redescription Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(4): 345-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00466.x [details]
status source Giere, O.; Ebbe, B.; Erséus, C. 2007. Questa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Orbiniidae) from Pacific regions - new species and reassessment of the genus Periquesta. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4): 304-319 [details]




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Classification Erected for Questa Hartman, 1966, which is a genus of superficially oligochaete-like polychaetes with diagnostic aberrant internal features. Now asserted on molecular and other grounds to belong as a sub-group in Orbiniidae. [details]