WoRMS taxon details
Contramyzostoma sphaera Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998
326841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326841)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eeckhaut, I.; Grygier, M. J.; Deheyn, D. (1998). Myzostomes from Papua New Guinea, with related Indo-West Pacific distribution records and description of five new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 62(3): 841-886., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1998/00000062/00000003/art00009
page(s): 857, figures 1I–L,2E,7–8,14; note: Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comatella stelligera. No geolocation data is included. Hansa Bay is at -4.1661, 144.8732 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 857, figures 1I–L,2E,7–8,14; note: Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comatella stelligera. No geolocation data is included. Hansa Bay is at -4.1661, 144.8732 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ISNB IG28342-50, geounit Hansa Bay
, Note Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea,...
Holotype ISNB IG28342-50, geounit Hansa Bay [details]
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Type locality Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comatella stelligera. No geolocation data is included. Hansa Bay is at -4.1661, 144.8732 [details]
Etymology authors: Contramyzostoma sphaera species-group name is a "noun in apposition from Greek sphaera, sphere, referring to the...
Etymology authors: Contramyzostoma sphaera species-group name is a "noun in apposition from Greek sphaera, sphere, referring to the unusual body shape." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Contramyzostoma sphaera Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326841 on 2024-04-30
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Eeckhaut, I.; Grygier, M. J.; Deheyn, D. (1998). Myzostomes from Papua New Guinea, with related Indo-West Pacific distribution records and description of five new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 62(3): 841-886., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1998/00000062/00000003/art00009
page(s): 857, figures 1I–L,2E,7–8,14; note: Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comatella stelligera. No geolocation data is included. Hansa Bay is at -4.1661, 144.8732 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
page(s): 857, figures 1I–L,2E,7–8,14; note: Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comatella stelligera. No geolocation data is included. Hansa Bay is at -4.1661, 144.8732 [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ISNB IG28342-50, geounit Hansa Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: Contramyzostoma sphaera species-group name is a "noun in apposition from Greek sphaera, sphere, referring to the unusual body shape." [details]Type locality Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comatella stelligera. No geolocation data is included. Hansa Bay is at -4.1661, 144.8732 [details]
