World Polychaeta Database

Polychaeta source details

Name

Knox, G. A. (1957). Clavisyllis alternata gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 12, 10(115): 493-496.

SourceID

50670

DOI

10.1080/00222935708655989 [view]

Authors

Knox, G. A.

Year

1957

Title

<i>Clavisyllis alternata</i> gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand

Journal

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Suffix

Series 12, 10(115): 493-496

Type

Publication

Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222935708655989

Note

Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB

Geographical term

New Zealand

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Clavisyllis Knox, 1957 (original description)
Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957 (original description)

Holotype CMNZ None. No specimens deposited?, geounit New Zealand, identified as Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957

Diagnosis

for Clavisyllis Knox, 1957

Prostomium with four eyes, three antennae, and a pair of palps fused at the base. Two pairs of tentacular cirri. ... [details]

Etymology

for Clavisyllis Knox, 1957

Not clear, clavi is the plural of the Latin word clavus, meaning 'nail'or 'screw'. It could refer to the sinuous ... [details]

Etymology

for Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957

The specific epithet alternata refers to the alternate point insertion and size of the dorsal cirri, with smaller ... [details]

Type material

for Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957

Holotype (and only type specimen) deposited in the Canterbury Museum (Cristchurch, New Zealand), by Knox (1957), ... [details]