WoRMS taxon details
original description
Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(4): 345-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00466.x page(s): 348-350, figs. 1E, 2A, 3B [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-23414, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMH P-23415 to P-23419, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23432, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23437, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral. [details]
Distribution Known from the type locality (Philippines). [details]
Editor's comment The geographic coordinates of the type locality provided in the original description (Giere & Erséus, 1998) seem to be erroneous. They were corrected from 10.17ºN, 124.0ºE to 10º17'N, 124.0ºE in order to plot the type locality on the above map. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the presence of only two caudal cirri. [details]
Habitat Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral, between beach and coral reef, in the upper 3 µm of coralline fine sand, partly between seagrass (Thalassia) and foliose algae (Padina). [details]
Type locality Island of Mactan, Philippines (marine). [details]
Type material Part of the type material (holotype ZMH P-23414 and paratype ZMH P-23437) is whole-mounted in Bergamot Oil after staining in Paracarmine. Paratype ZMH P-23432 in mounted on a stub for SEM. Nontype material ZMH P-23415 to 23419 is whole-mounted in Bergamot Oil after staining in Paracarmine. [details]
Type material Holotype ZMH P-23414 is one male specimen. Paratypes ZMH P-23437 are one male and one female, and paratype ZMH P-23432 one male. Nontype material ZMH P-23415 to 23419 are 9 males and 4 females. [details]
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