Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Govaere, Jan C.R.; De Wilde, C.L.M. (1993). <i>Pisione papuensis</i> n.sp. (Polychaeta: Pisionidae), a new pisionid from Papua New Guinea. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie.</em> 63: 65-70., available online at https://bit.ly/2ktJtsx page(s): 65-70, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
De Wilde, C.L.M.; Govaere, Jan C.R. (1995). On the pisionids (Polychaeta: Pisionidae) from Papua New Guinea, with a description of six new species. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie.</em> 65: 53-68., available online at https://bit.ly/2mlIRpg page(s): 57, figs. 4, 5c-d [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype IRSNB/KBIN KBINPY2001, geounit Laing Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-6 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Bismarck Sea (Laing Island, Papua New Guinea). [details]
Etymology "As this is the first Pisione described from Papua New Guinea, we named it after this country" (Govaere & De Wilde, 1993: 70). [details]
Habitat In coarse sand with ripple marks, 5-6 m depth. [details]
Type locality Durangit Reef, Laing Island (Hansa Bay, Madang Province), Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean (-4.1722°, 144.8722°), 6 m. [details]
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