Polychaeta taxon details
original description
(of Laonome arenosa Treadwell, 1943) Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1943). New species of polychaetous annelids from Hawaii. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1233: 1-4., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4744 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Sabella pectoralis Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ page(s): 435; note: l'ile-de-France = Mauritius, Indian Ocean. Collection of the museum (Paris) [details] 
new combination reference
Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 2003. A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaete: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(19): 2269-2301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120629 page(s): 2280, figure 4; note: redescription from holotype, MNHN A246 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution According to Knight-Jones & Mackie (2003) Sabellastarte pectoralis occurs in Mauritius, Zanzibar, Natal, Maldive Islands, Australia (Northern Territory? and Queensland), New Caledonia and Hawaii. [details]
Taxonomy Sabellastarte pectoralis was synonymized with Sabellastarte spectabilis, with which it may co-occur. According to Knight-Jones & Mackie (2003) includes Laonome arenosa Treadwell, 1943 from Hawaii [details]
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