Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Knox, G. A. and Hicks, K. 1973. The polychaetes of New Zealand. Part 5. Onuphidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(2): 281-294. [details]
additional source
Glasby, C.J.; Read, G.B.; Lee, K.E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 312-358. [details]
Holotype CMNZ AQ 3444, geounit Auckland [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: "akarana" is the Maori pronunciation of Auckland" This is correct as Akarana is a transliteration of the European name for the location, named after the English politician Earl of Auckland. The Maori location name, not used, would have been Tāmaki-Makau-rau [details]
Type locality Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand, gazetteer adjusted geolocation -36.8123 174.7753 [details]
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