WoRMS taxon details
Questa Hartman, 1966
AphiaID: 129517
AphiaID: 129517
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Orbiniidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Questa caudicirra Hartman, 1966 (type by original designation) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Questidae Hartman, 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Novaquesta Hobson, 1970 (subjective synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Hartman, O. 1966. Quantitive survey of the benthos of San Pedro Basin, southern California. Part II. Final results and conclusions. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 19(2): 187-455. [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Giere, Olav and Erséus, Christer 1998. A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. Zoologica Scripta, 27(4): 345-360, 5 figures, 3 tables. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] from synonym: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hobson, Katharine D. 1970. Novaquesta trifurcata, a new genus and species of the family Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 83(17): 191-194. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Questa bicirrata Giere & Erséus, 1998 Species Questa caudicirra Hartman, 1966 Species Questa ersei Jamieson & Webb, 1984 Species Questa fijienesis Giere, Ebbe & Erseus, 2007 Species Questa media Westheide, 1981 Species Questa mediterranea Giere & Erséus, 1998 Species Questa paucibranchiata Giere & Erséus, 1998 Species Questa retrospermatica Giere, Ebbe & Erseus, 2007 Species Questa riseri Giere & Erséus, 1998 Species Questa trifurcata (Hobson, 1970) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: The foundation genus of former Questidae, currently a monotypic group within Orbiniidae. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129517 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Questa Hartman, 1966. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129517 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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