WoRMS taxon details
Questa ersei Jamieson & Webb, 1984
331465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331465)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jamieson, Barrie G. M. and Webb, R. I. 1984. The morphology, spermatozoal ultrastructure and phylogenetic affinities of a new species of questid (Polychaeta; Annelida). 21-34. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 21-34.
page(s): 22-30, figs. 1-28, 33 [details]
page(s): 22-30, figs. 1-28, 33 [details]
Holotype QM GH288, geounit Great Barrier Reef
, Note Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia),...
Holotype QM GH288, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), back reef of southern part of Carter Reef (on Outer Barrier NE of Lizzard Island). [details]
Type locality The location of the type locality plotted on the map above is approximative, the geographic coordinates of the type locality were not provided in the original publication. [details]
Depth range Eulittoral and sublittoral to 31 m depth.
Distribution Australia: Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Western Australia), and Lord Howe Island. New Caledonia.
Etymology Species dedicated to Professor Christer Erséus, Swedish zoologist specialist in Tubificidae (Oligochaeta), who collected...
Depth range Eulittoral and sublittoral to 31 m depth. [details]
Distribution Australia: Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Western Australia), and Lord Howe Island. New Caledonia.
Distribution Australia: Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Western Australia), and Lord Howe Island. New Caledonia. [details]
Etymology Species dedicated to Professor Christer Erséus, Swedish zoologist specialist in Tubificidae (Oligochaeta), who collected...
Etymology Species dedicated to Professor Christer Erséus, Swedish zoologist specialist in Tubificidae (Oligochaeta), who collected the specimens that enabled the description of the new species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Questa ersei Jamieson & Webb, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331465 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Jamieson, Barrie G. M. and Webb, R. I. 1984. The morphology, spermatozoal ultrastructure and phylogenetic affinities of a new species of questid (Polychaeta; Annelida). 21-34. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 21-34.
page(s): 22-30, figs. 1-28, 33 [details]
page(s): 22-30, figs. 1-28, 33 [details]
Other
additional source
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): 352 [details]
page(s): 352 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype QM GH288, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-23396 to P-23398, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24708, geounit Lord Howe Island [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24709, geounit Lord Howe Island [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713a, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713b, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713c, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713d, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713e, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713f, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713g, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713h, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713i-j, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713k-l, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24713m, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Nontype ZMH P-33399 to P-23404, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral and sublittoral to 31 m depth. [details]Distribution Australia: Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Western Australia), and Lord Howe Island. New Caledonia. [details]
Etymology Species dedicated to Professor Christer Erséus, Swedish zoologist specialist in Tubificidae (Oligochaeta), who collected the specimens that enabled the description of the new species. [details]
Habitat Intertidal and subtidal fine to coarse sandy sediments, sometimes organically enriched, to at least 31 m depth. [details]
Holotype Holotype is a female. [details]
Type locality Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), back reef of southern part of Carter Reef (on Outer Barrier NE of Lizzard Island). [details]
Type locality The location of the type locality plotted on the map above is approximative, the geographic coordinates of the type locality were not provided in the original publication. [details]
