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Polychaeta taxon details

Aonides trifida Estcourt, 1967

326473  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326473)

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Aonides trifidus Estcourt, 1967 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (mandatory gender agreement...)  
mandatory gender agreement between generic and specific name requires ‘trifida
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aonides trifidus Estcourt, 1967) Estcourt, I. N. (1967). Burrowing polychaete worms from a New Zealand estuary. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology.</em> 9(7): 65-78., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-zoology/1967/07/14
page(s): 74-75, figs. 7-10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand....  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand. Estcourt does not give a geolocation for his holotype but the approximate location is -43.5551, 172.7049 [details]
Etymology Author: "The name trifidus refers to the three divisions in the distal tooth of the hooded hooks."  
Etymology Author: "The name trifidus refers to the three divisions in the distal tooth of the hooded hooks." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aonides trifida Estcourt, 1967. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326473 on 2026-05-17
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2024-07-11 11:11:34Z
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original description (of Aonides trifidus Estcourt, 1967) Estcourt, I. N. (1967). Burrowing polychaete worms from a New Zealand estuary. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology.</em> 9(7): 65-78., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-zoology/1967/07/14
page(s): 74-75, figs. 7-10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology Author: "The name trifidus refers to the three divisions in the distal tooth of the hooded hooks." [details]

Spelling Estcourt used 'trifidus' but mandatory gender agreement requires 'trifida' [details]

Type locality Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand. Estcourt does not give a geolocation for his holotype but the approximate location is -43.5551, 172.7049 [details]
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