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Polychaeta taxon detailsPaleanotus chrysos Watson, 2015
1458417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1458417)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
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): 726, figures 1I; 8A−L; 9; note: North Direction Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype NTM W.23203, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland)
Holotype NTM W.23203, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality North Direction Island, south-east of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, -14.7437, 145.512 (14º44.62’S, 145º30.72’E), no depth stated [details]
Etymology Paleanotus chrysos "derived from the Greek meaning ‘gold’ and refers to the distinctive colour of the notochaetal...
Etymology Paleanotus chrysos "derived from the Greek meaning ‘gold’ and refers to the distinctive colour of the notochaetal paleae." Chrysos is a masculine Greek noun for gold the metal element, thus the species name is a noun in apposition. Golden referring to the colour would have been 'chrysops' or similar. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Paleanotus chrysos Watson, 2015. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1458417 on 2024-04-20
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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): 726, figures 1I; 8A−L; 9; note: North Direction Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NTM W.23203, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Paleanotus chrysos "derived from the Greek meaning ‘gold’ and refers to the distinctive colour of the notochaetal paleae." Chrysos is a masculine Greek noun for gold the metal element, thus the species name is a noun in apposition. Golden referring to the colour would have been 'chrysops' or similar. [details]Type locality North Direction Island, south-east of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, -14.7437, 145.512 (14º44.62’S, 145º30.72’E), no depth stated [details] |