Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Sundkvist, T.; Nygren, A. 2012. A partial revision of Gyptis (Gyptini, Ophiodrominae, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), with descriptions of a new tribe, a new genus and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(3): 471-494 page(s): 486 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SIO SIO-BIC A2496, verbatimGeounit Lobster Bay, Cape D'... [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Placement in Neogyptis rather than Gyptis is said to be "somewhat arbitrary" given the presence of lip pads, absent in other Amphidurini. No molecular data was available. [details]
Type locality Lobster Bay, Cape D'Aquilar [sic, error for Cape D'Aguilar], Hong Kong, 22°12.4′N, 114°15.5′E (22.2067, 114.2583), 1 m. [details]
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