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Knox, George A. (1951). The polychaetous annelids of Banks Peninsula. Part I. Nereidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 5(5): 213-229.
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Knox, George A.
1951
The polychaetous annelids of Banks Peninsula. Part I. Nereidae
Records of the Canterbury Museum
5(5): 213-229
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Introduction begins: "This paper is the first of a series dealing with the polychaetous annelids of Bank's Peninsula. The material studied includes collections made by the writer at various localities round Bank's Peninsula and by the staff of the Zoology Department, Canterbury University College; as well as a large number of specimens from the Collection of the Canterbury Museum. Ten species are recorded including a new and interesting species of the genus Nicon Kinberg from the Heathcote Estuary. This is the first record of this genus from New Zealand. Of the ten species five have previously been recorded from Akaroa by Augener in his report on the Polychaeta collected by the Mortensen Pacific Expedition. The number of species of the family Nereidae recorded from New Zealand is twenty."
New Zealand
Ceratonereis falcaria Willey, 1905 accepted as Nereis falcaria (Willey, 1905) (source of synonymy)
Neanthes cricognatha (Ehlers, 1904) (additional source)
Nereis cricognatha Ehlers, 1904 accepted as Neanthes cricognatha (Ehlers, 1904) (new combination reference)
Nereis falcaria (Willey, 1905) (additional source)
Nereis neozealanica [auct. nomen nudum] (basis of record)
Nicon aestuariensis Knox, 1951 (original description)
Perinereis camiguinoides (Augener, 1922) (additional source)
Perinereis nuntia brevicirris (Grube, 1867) accepted as Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857) (taxonomy source)
Neanthes cricognatha (Ehlers, 1904) (additional source)
Nereis cricognatha Ehlers, 1904 accepted as Neanthes cricognatha (Ehlers, 1904) (new combination reference)
Nereis falcaria (Willey, 1905) (additional source)
Nereis neozealanica [auct. nomen nudum] (basis of record)
Nicon aestuariensis Knox, 1951 (original description)
Perinereis camiguinoides (Augener, 1922) (additional source)
Perinereis nuntia brevicirris (Grube, 1867) accepted as Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857) (taxonomy source)
Holotype CMNZ, geounit Heathcote and Avon Estuary, identified as Nicon aestuariensis Knox, 1951
Nontype USNM 43475, geounit Heathcote and Avon Estuary, identified as Nicon aestuariensis Knox, 1951
Nontype USNM 43475, geounit Heathcote and Avon Estuary, identified as Nicon aestuariensis Knox, 1951
Etymology
Not stated. The specific epithet aestuariensis refers to the habitat of the species, living in estuaries and ... [details]
Habitat
Burrowing in intertidal mud in estuaries, with salinity of water above sediment ranging between 0.0-27.0‰, and ... [details]
Reproduction
Epitokous specimens collected in March, 1950, in the Heathcote Estuary (New Zealand): ''The eyes were much enlarged ... [details]
Taxonomy
Perhaps Fauvel first created the combination Perinereis nuntia var brevicirris as evidently specimens in the Paris ... [details]
Type locality
Near Heathcote Bridge, upper region of Heathcote Estuary, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (gazetteer ... [details]
