WoRMS name details
original description
Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences.</em> 12(9): 73-85., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-biological-sciences/1970/05/14 page(s): 75, figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140. page(s): 123-124, plate 1 figs. e-i [details]
Holotype CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands [details]
Paratype CMNZ AQ 3466, geounit Snares Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Lower eulittoral (intertidal). [details]
Distribution South Pacific Ocean: Boat Harbour, Snares Islands (New Zealand). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minutus is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and presumably makes reference to the small size of the species, stated as "Length of body up to 3mm" (Knox & Cameron, 1970: 75). [details]
Habitat Red algal washings from the Durvillea zone (lower eulittoral). [details]
Type locality Boat Harbour, Snares Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -48.023º, 166.609º), from red algal washings from Durvillea zone (lower eulittoral). [details]
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