Kirkegaard, Jørgen Bagger. (2001). Deep-sea polychaetes from north-west Africa, including a description of a new species of <i>Neopolynoe</i> (Polynoidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 81(3): 391-397., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004003 page(s): 392, figure 1A-E [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note East of Canary Islands, North east Atlantic,...
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Type locality East of Canary Islands, North east Atlantic, at 1610 m. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neopolynoe africana Kirkegaard, 2001. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329519 on 2026-02-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Neopolynoe africana Kirkegaard, 2001. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329519 on 2026-02-04
original descriptionKirkegaard, Jørgen Bagger. (2001). Deep-sea polychaetes from north-west Africa, including a description of a new species of <i>Neopolynoe</i> (Polynoidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 81(3): 391-397., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004003 page(s): 392, figure 1A-E [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea)Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional sourceBock, Gordon, Fiege, Dieter & Barnich, Ruth 2010. Revision of Hermadion Kinberg, 1856, with a redescription of Hermadion magalhaensi Kinberg, 1856, Adyte hyalina (G.O. Sars, 1873) n. comb. and Neopolynoe acanellae (Verrill, 1881) n. comb. (Polychaeta:Polynoidae). Zootaxa, 2554, 45–61.
, available online athttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2554.html page(s): 56-58 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymyTaboada, Sergi; Silva, Ana Serra; Neal, Lenka; Cristobo, Javier; Ríos, Pilar; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Hestetun, Jon Thomassen; Koutsouveli, Vasiliki; Sherlock, Emma; Riesgo, Ana. (2020). Insights into the symbiotic relationship between scale worms and carnivorous sponges (Cladorhizidae, Chondrocladia). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 156: 103191: 1-14., available online athttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063719303371 page(s): 6-9, figures 2-4, 6, table 3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Habitat Neopolynoe africana was found living in transparent tubes on the surface of a Chondrocladia sp. sponge. Elytra reportedly strongly luminesce. [details] Type locality East of Canary Islands, North east Atlantic, at 1610 m. [details]