WoRMS name details
Zopyrus maoricus Benham, 1927
338321 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338321)
unaccepted
Species
Zopyrus Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Serpula Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 153-154 [details]
page(s): 153-154 [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Three Kings Island, New Zealand
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Three Kings Island, New Zealand [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Zopyrus maoricus Benham, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338321 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 153-154 [details]
page(s): 153-154 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Fyfe, Marion L. (1952). List of New Zealand polychaetes, based on the manuscript of the late Sir William Benham. <em>DSIR Bulletin / New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 105: 1-38., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924066924485 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fyfe, Marion L. (1952). List of New Zealand polychaetes, based on the manuscript of the late Sir William Benham. <em>DSIR Bulletin / New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 105: 1-38., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924066924485 [details] Available for editors
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