Polychaeta name details
original description
Brito, María del Carmen; Núñez, Jorge. (2002). A new genus and species of Questidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the central Macaronesian region and a cladistic analysis of the family. <em>Sarsia.</em> 87(4): 281-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820260400780 page(s): 284-285, figs. 2-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Delgado, Juan Domingo; Núñez, Jorge. (1994). Presencia de <i>Questa caudicirra</i> Hartman, 1966 (Polychaeta, Questidae) en las Islas Canarias. <em>Miscel·lània Zoològica, Barcelona.</em> 17: 272-277., available online at http://other.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/MZ-vol-17-1993-1994-pp-272-277.pdf page(s): 274-276, figs. 2-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Giere, O.; Ebbe, B.; Erséus, C. 2007. Questa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Orbiniidae) from Pacific regions - new species and reassessment of the genus Periquesta. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4): 304-319 page(s): 312-313, fig. 3 [details]
Holotype AN/000202, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype ZMH P-23287, geounit Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMH P-23288, geounit Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24776, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24777, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24778, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24786, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24787, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Paratype AN/000203, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23285, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23286, geounit Canary Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0-20 m. [details]
Distribution Northeastern Atlantic Ocean: Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, El Hierro) and Selvagens Islands. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet canariensis refers to the type locality of the species, the Canary Islands. [details]
Habitat Shallow sublittoral fine sand and seagrass meadows. [details]
Type locality Ensenada de los Abades, Tenerife, Canary Islands. [details]
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