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Polychaeta name details

Megalomma kaikourense Knight-Jones, 1997

329291  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329291)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination, invalid genus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013 [details]   
Holotype  NMW Z.1995.025.1, geounit Kaikoura District  
Holotype NMW Z.1995.025.1, geounit Kaikoura District [details]
Note Kean Point, Kaikoura, South Island, New...  
Type locality Kean Point, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, (gazetter) -42.422753° 173.718024° [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Megalomma kaikourense Knight-Jones, 1997. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329291 on 2024-04-26
Date
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2017-06-08 16:16:11Z
changed

original description Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013 [details]   

taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Murray, Anna. (2015). A taxonomic guide to the fanworms (Sabellidae, Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including new species and new records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 98-167., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.8
page(s): 130, fig 13A-D; note: Australian record as a Megalomma sp. compared to New Zealand M. Kaikourense, i.e. as "Megalomma sp. cf. M. kaikourense Knight-Jones, 1997". Includes photograph from preserved specimen. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth 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. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NMW Z.1995.025.1, geounit Kaikoura District [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Kean Point, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, (gazetter) -42.422753° 173.718024° [details]