WoRMS taxon details
Questa trifurcata (Hobson, 1970)
595341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595341)
accepted
Species
Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
(of Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970) Hobson, Katharine D. 1970. <i>Novaquesta trifurcata</i>, a new genus and species of the family Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. <i>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</i>, 83(17): 191-194., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34572815 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Cod Bay
type locality contained in Cape Cod Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range Low eulittoral to sublittoral, to 200 m depth.
Distribution Known from the east coast of North America (Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey) and Gulf of Mexico.
Depth range Low eulittoral to sublittoral, to 200 m depth. [details]
Distribution Known from the east coast of North America (Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey) and Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution Known from the east coast of North America (Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey) and Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Questa trifurcata (Hobson, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595341 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970) Hobson, Katharine D. 1970. <i>Novaquesta trifurcata</i>, a new genus and species of the family Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. <i>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</i>, 83(17): 191-194., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34572815 [details]
new combination reference 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): 353-354, figs. 1G, 2G-H, 3H [details]
new combination reference 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): 353-354, figs. 1G, 2G-H, 3H [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Blake, James A. (2021). New species and records of Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from continental shelf and slope depths of the Western North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4930(1): 1-123., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4930.1.1
page(s): 110, figures 55-56; note: description, figures, and new records for locations off New England, Georges Bank, Northeastern USA [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 110, figures 55-56; note: description, figures, and new records for locations off New England, Georges Bank, Northeastern USA [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ZMH P-23405, P-23406, P-23423, P-23424, geounit Maine [details]
Nontype ZMH P-23407, geounit New Jersey Shelf [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Low eulittoral to sublittoral, to 200 m depth. [details]Distribution Known from the east coast of North America (Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey) and Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Editor's comment The geographic coordinates of the type locality given in the original description were corrected in order to plot it on the map above. [details]
Habitat Low eulittoral to sublittoral, little sorted, ofetn coarse sand, frequently with flocculent debris, to 200 m depth. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (229 records) (from synonym Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 072359) (from synonym Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (229 records) (from synonym Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 072359) (from synonym Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970)
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Hosted externally, from synonym
