WoRMS name details
Goniada maorica Benham, 1932
240583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240583)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benham, William Blaxland. (1932). Notes on Polychaeta: Two new species of the genus Goniada. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(54): 553-566., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933208673532 [details] Available for editors 
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Note New Zealand East coast. Benham comments...
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Type locality New Zealand East coast. Benham comments (p.555) "This specimen was dredged by the ' Nora Niven' somewhere on the east coast, but whether off the North Island or the South is unfortunately unknown." [details]
Etymology Not stated. Evidently a reference to the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Such naive references in species...
Etymology Not stated. Evidently a reference to the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Such naive references in species names to Maori are today generally regarded as unwelcome, and require consultation first. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Goniada maorica Benham, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240583 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Benham, William Blaxland. (1932). Notes on Polychaeta: Two new species of the genus Goniada. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(54): 553-566., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933208673532 [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]
source of synonymy Böggemann, Markus. (2005). Revision of the Goniadidae. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg.</em> (Neue Folgen) 39: 1-354 [Goecke & Evers]. [details] Available for editors [request]
[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] source of synonymy Böggemann, Markus. (2005). Revision of the Goniadidae. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg.</em> (Neue Folgen) 39: 1-354 [Goecke & Evers]. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated. Evidently a reference to the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Such naive references in species names to Maori are today generally regarded as unwelcome, and require consultation first. [details]Type locality New Zealand East coast. Benham comments (p.555) "This specimen was dredged by the ' Nora Niven' somewhere on the east coast, but whether off the North Island or the South is unfortunately unknown." [details]
