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): 717, figures 1E; 4A−I; note: MacGillivray Reef, near Lizard Island [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NTM W.25615, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
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Etymology Paleanotus aquifolia is named from "a Latin compound noun, meaning ‘pointed leaf’. It refers
particularly to the shape of the pointed apices of main and median paleae". As the species name is a noun, it is an unchanging noun in apposition [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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