WoRMS name details
original description
Kirkegaard, Jørgen Bagger. (2001). Deep-sea polychaetes from north-west Africa, including a description of a new species of <i>Neopolynoe</i> (Polynoidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 81(3): 391-397., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004003 page(s): 392, figure 1A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source
Bock, Gordon, Fiege, Dieter & Barnich, Ruth 2010. Revision of Hermadion Kinberg, 1856, with a redescription of Hermadion magalhaensi Kinberg, 1856, Adyte hyalina (G.O. Sars, 1873) n. comb. and Neopolynoe acanellae (Verrill, 1881) n. comb. (Polychaeta:Polynoidae). Zootaxa, 2554, 45–61.
, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2554.html page(s): 56-58 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Taboada, Sergi; Silva, Ana Serra; Neal, Lenka; Cristobo, Javier; Ríos, Pilar; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Hestetun, Jon Thomassen; Koutsouveli, Vasiliki; Sherlock, Emma; Riesgo, Ana. (2020). Insights into the symbiotic relationship between scale worms and carnivorous sponges (Cladorhizidae, Chondrocladia). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 156: 103191: 1-14., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063719303371 page(s): 6-9, figures 2-4, 6, table 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Habitat Neopolynoe africana was found living in transparent tubes on the surface of a Chondrocladia sp. sponge. Elytra reportedly strongly luminesce. [details]
Type locality East of Canary Islands, North east Atlantic, at 1610 m. [details]
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