WoRMS name details

Periquesta canariensis Brito & Núñez, 2002

330485  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330485)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Scolecida (Infraclass)
  7. Paraonidae (Family)
  8. Periquesta (Genus)
  9. Periquesta canariensis (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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  PDF available [request]
Holotype  AN/000202, geounit Canary Islands  
Holotype AN/000202, geounit Canary Islands [details]
, Note Ensenada de los Abades, Tenerife, Canary Islands.   
From editor or global species database
Type locality Ensenada de los Abades, Tenerife, Canary Islands.  [details]
Depth range 0-20 m.  
Depth range 0-20 m. [details]

Distribution Northeastern Atlantic Ocean: Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, El Hierro) and Selvagens Islands.   
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.   
Etymology The specific epithet canariensis refers to the type locality of the species, the Canary Islands.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Periquesta canariensis Brito & Núñez, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330485 on 2025-06-26
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2012-02-07 20:48:30Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2013-03-21 10:54:58Z
changed
Gil, João

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Nomenclature

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  PDF available [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] 

Other

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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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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