WoRMS source details
Estcourt, I. N. (1967). Burrowing polychaete worms from a New Zealand estuary. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology. 9(7): 65-78.
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Estcourt, I. N.
1967
Burrowing polychaete worms from a New Zealand estuary
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology
9(7): 65-78
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD).
Available for editors [request]
A list of polychaete worms from intertidal soft bottom areas in the Heathcote Estuary is given together with a key to species. Two new species are described and two cosmopolitan estuarine species are reported for the first time from New Zealand seas
New Zealand
Systematics, Taxonomy
Aonides trifidus Estcourt, 1967 accepted as Aonides trifida Estcourt, 1967 (original description)
Lepidasthenia accolus Estcourt, 1967 accepted as Disconatis accolus (Estcourt, 1967) (original description)
Scolecolepides benhami Ehlers, 1907 (additional source)
Lepidasthenia accolus Estcourt, 1967 accepted as Disconatis accolus (Estcourt, 1967) (original description)
Scolecolepides benhami Ehlers, 1907 (additional source)
Etymology
Author: "The name trifidus refers to the three divisions in the distal tooth of the hooded hooks." [details]
Spelling
Estcourt used 'trifidus' but mandatory gender agreement requires 'trifida' [details]
Type locality
Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand. Estcourt does not give a geolocation for his holotype but the ... [details]