WoRMS taxon details
Novaquesta Hobson, 1970
AphiaID: 157506
AphiaID: 157506
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Questidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (subjective synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Questa Hartman, 1966 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970 (type by original designation) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Questidae Hartman, 1966 accepted as Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: 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] basis of record: 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] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] source of synonymy: 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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Novaquesta trifurcata Hobson, 1970 accepted as Questa trifurcata (Hobson, 1970) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
description: Questids with serrated capillary setae, bidentate hooks and trifurcate spines with the middle tine shorter and slenderer than the other; branchiae and anal cirri absent. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157506 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Novaquesta Hobson, 1970. 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=157506 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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