WoRMS taxon details

Questa bicirrata Giere & Erséus, 1998

331464  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331464)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(4): 345-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00466.x
page(s): 348-350, figs. 1E, 2A, 3B [details]   
Holotype  ZMH P-23414, geounit Philippines Exclusive...  
Holotype ZMH P-23414, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Island of Mactan, Philippines (marine). , Part...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Island of Mactan, Philippines (marine).  [details]
Type material Part of the type material (holotype ZMH P-23414 and paratype ZMH P-23437) is whole-mounted in Bergamot Oil after staining in Paracarmine. Paratype ZMH P-23432 in mounted on a stub for SEM. Nontype material ZMH P-23415 to 23419 is whole-mounted in Bergamot Oil after staining in Paracarmine.  [details]
Type material Holotype ZMH P-23414 is one male specimen. Paratypes ZMH P-23437 are one male and one female, and paratype ZMH P-23432 one male. Nontype material ZMH P-23415 to 23419 are 9 males and 4 females.  [details]
Depth range Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral.  
Depth range Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral. [details]

Distribution Known from the type locality (Philippines).   
Distribution Known from the type locality (Philippines).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet refers to the presence of only two caudal cirri.   
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the presence of only two caudal cirri.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Questa bicirrata Giere & Erséus, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331464 on 2024-03-29
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(4): 345-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00466.x
page(s): 348-350, figs. 1E, 2A, 3B [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype ZMH P-23414, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMH P-23415 to P-23419, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23432, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23437, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral. [details]

Distribution Known from the type locality (Philippines).  [details]

Editor's comment The geographic coordinates of the type locality provided in the original description (Giere & Erséus, 1998) seem to be erroneous. They were corrected from 10.17ºN, 124.0ºE to 10º17'N, 124.0ºE in order to plot the type locality on the above map.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet refers to the presence of only two caudal cirri.  [details]

Habitat Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral, between beach and coral reef, in the upper 3 µm of coralline fine sand, partly between seagrass (Thalassia) and foliose algae (Padina). [details]

Type locality Island of Mactan, Philippines (marine).  [details]

Type material Part of the type material (holotype ZMH P-23414 and paratype ZMH P-23437) is whole-mounted in Bergamot Oil after staining in Paracarmine. Paratype ZMH P-23432 in mounted on a stub for SEM. Nontype material ZMH P-23415 to 23419 is whole-mounted in Bergamot Oil after staining in Paracarmine.  [details]

Type material Holotype ZMH P-23414 is one male specimen. Paratypes ZMH P-23437 are one male and one female, and paratype ZMH P-23432 one male. Nontype material ZMH P-23415 to 23419 are 9 males and 4 females.  [details]