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Name

Ryan, Paddy A. (1980). Namalycastis vuwaensis n.sp. (Polychaeta: Nereidae) from the Nadrau Plateau, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 7(4): 509-512.

SourceID

51641

DOI

10.1080/03014223.1980.11760682 [view]

Authors

Ryan, Paddy A.

Year

1980

Title

<i>Namalycastis vuwaensis</i> n.sp. (Polychaeta: Nereidae) from the Nadrau Plateau, Fiji

Journal

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Suffix

7(4): 509-512

Type

Publication

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)

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Abstract

This new species of subfamily Namanereinae is probably most closely related to N. tiriteae Winterbourn from the North Island of New Zealand, differing from it only in size, some parapodial characters, and the arrangement of peristomial cirri. N. vuwaensis was found in patches of sand and gravel in fairly still water in the lee of large stones in a fast-flowing reach of a montane stream. The presence of identifiable chaetae in the faeces suggests that oligochaetes may be its main food.

Geographical terms

Fiji Islands
Pacific Ocean

Bibliographical terms

Freshwater
Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980 accepted as Namanereis tiriteae (Winterbourn, 1969) (original description)

Holotype MONZ, geounit Fiji, identified as Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

Altitude

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

700 m above sea level. [details]

Diet

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

Faecal material from the gut content with identifiable chaetae of Megascolecidae oligochaetes, indicating that they ... [details]

Distribution

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

Pacific Ocean: Fiji. [details]

Etymology

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

The specific epithet vuwaensis refers to the type locality of the species the Vuwa Falls (Wainisavulevu Creek, Viti ... [details]

Habitat

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

In deposits of gravel and fine sand in areas of fairly still water behind boulders, in fast-flowing reaches of ... [details]

Human impact

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

From Glasby (1999: 114): ''The Fijian specimens were all collected in 1979 (Ryan, 1980), prior to the completion of ... [details]

Reproduction

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

One specimen collected in July 1980 with eight large ova. [details]

Type locality

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

Wainisavulevu Creek (tributary of Wainimala River), above Vuwa Falls, north of Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean ... [details]

Type material

for Namalycastis vuwaensis Ryan, 1980

From Glasby (1999: 113): ''The holotype of N. vuwaensis is according to Ryan (1980) deposited at the NMNZ ... [details]