Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Day, John H. (1977). A review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). 217-246. <i>In</i>: Reish, Donald J.; Fauchald, Kristian (Eds.). Essays on polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. page(s): 235; note: Phylo novazealandiae (NOT novaezealandiae) [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
Holotype NIWA H-208, geounit South Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but obviously after the country in which Phylo novazealandiae is indigenous. [details]
Spelling WoRMS had recorded the spelling wrongly until corrected, for which apologies. Day chose to use the spelling of the species name as Phylo 'novazealandiae', NOT the more expected 'novaezealandiae'. He uses the 'nova' spelling four times, including in the key and in the figure 3 caption, so there is no doubt that it was deliberate. WoRMS has only three other species in which this spelling is used, as against some 142 species name combinations using the conventional 'novaezealandiae' [details]
Type locality Golden Bay offshore, South Island, New Zealand, -40.75 S, 172.8667 E, 26 m [details]
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