WoRMS taxon details
Questa bicirrata Giere & Erséus, 1998
331464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331464)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
page(s): 348-350, figs. 1E, 2A, 3B [details]
Holotype ZMH P-23414, geounit Philippines Exclusive...
, Note Island of Mactan, Philippines (marine). , Part...
Holotype ZMH P-23414, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
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]
Depth range Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral.
Distribution Known from the type locality (Philippines).
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the presence of only two caudal cirri.
Depth range Eulittoral to shallow sublittoral. [details]
Distribution Known from the type locality (Philippines).
Distribution Known from the type locality (Philippines). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the presence of only two caudal cirri.
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the presence of only two caudal cirri. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Questa bicirrata Giere & Erséus, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331464 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
