WoRMS taxon details
Platynereis karaka Read, 2007
467605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467605)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Read, Geoffrey B. 2007. Taxonomy of sympatric species of New Zealand Platynereis, with description of three new species additional to P. australis (Schmarda) (Annelida: Polychaeta: Nereididae). Zootaxa 1558: 1-28.
, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01558p028f.pdf
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
Holotype NIWA 3365, NIWA 3365, H-874, geounit...
, Note Island Bay, Wellington New Zealand,...
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Type locality Island Bay, Wellington New Zealand, -41.3503°, 174.7685°, netted at surface [details]
Etymology The epithet karaka is a noun in apposition. The name comes from a Wellington Harbour bay of that name, one of the places...
Etymology The epithet karaka is a noun in apposition. The name comes from a Wellington Harbour bay of that name, one of the places the worms were collected, in turn named for the Karaka tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, an evergreen, berry-bearing tree endemic to New Zealand. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Platynereis karaka Read, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467605 on 2024-04-23
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Read, Geoffrey B. 2007. Taxonomy of sympatric species of New Zealand Platynereis, with description of three new species additional to P. australis (Schmarda) (Annelida: Polychaeta: Nereididae). Zootaxa 1558: 1-28.
, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01558p028f.pdf
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The epithet karaka is a noun in apposition. The name comes from a Wellington Harbour bay of that name, one of the places the worms were collected, in turn named for the Karaka tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, an evergreen, berry-bearing tree endemic to New Zealand. [details]Type locality Island Bay, Wellington New Zealand, -41.3503°, 174.7685°, netted at surface [details]
