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von Nordheim, Henning. (1987). Petrocha notogaea gen. et sp. n., a neotenic interstitial polychaete (Dorvilleidae) from the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Zoologica Scripta. 16(1): 33-38.
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von Nordheim, Henning
1987
Petrocha notogaea gen. et sp. n., a neotenic interstitial polychaete (Dorvilleidae) from the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand
Zoologica Scripta
16(1): 33-38
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Petrocha notogaea represents a new interstitial dorvilleid genus from subtidal medium coarse sands. With its distinctly neotenic characters, such as one pair of short palps, ciliary rings on all parts of the body, setigers with uniramous parapodia, simple capillaries, simple heterogomph falcigers and comparatively small size (1.2–1.4 mm), it shows close phylogenetic affinity to several other taxa of the Dorvilleidae, such as Ikosipodus, Microdorvillea, Arenotrocha and Pusillotrocha, which have only been described in the last four years.
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Petrocha von Nordheim, 1987 (original description)
Petrocha notogaea von Nordheim, 1987 (original description)
Petrocha notogaea von Nordheim, 1987 (original description)
Hauraki Gulf for Petrocha notogaea von Nordheim, 1987
Holotype MONZ NMNZ w 1180, geounit Hauraki Gulf, identified as Petrocha notogaea von Nordheim, 1987
Etymology
from Greek 'Petra' (rock) with 'trochos' (ring) and "dedicated to Petra Scharnofske" [details]
Etymology
from Greek 'notogaea' a zoogeographical region including Australia and New Zealand [details]
Type locality
Goat Island Channel, Leigh, Northland, New Zealand, -36.2694° 174.7972° (author's coordinates, slightly landward ... [details]
