WoRMS taxon details
original description
Watson, Charlotte. (2015). Seven new species of <em>Paleanotus</em> (Annelida: Chrysopetalidae) described from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, and coral reefs of northern Australia and the Indo-Pacific: two cryptic species pairs revealed between western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 707-732., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.24 page(s): 714, figures 1D; 3A−G); note: MacGillivray Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NTM W.23677, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
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Etymology Paleanotus adornatus is name from Latin for ‘adorned’ which "refers to the median paleae group, possessing a single, central raised and ornamented rib, and the main paleae with 1−2 full length
lightly raised ribs" The name is a masculine adjective. [details]
Type locality MacGillivray Reef, near Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, -14.6568, 145.4947 (14º39.41’S, 145º29.68’E), 2-12 m [details]
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