WoRMS taxon details
Questa mediterranea Giere & Erséus, 1998
331467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331467)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(4): 345-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00466.x
page(s): 350-352, figs. 1A, 1B, 3A, 3D, 3E [details]
page(s): 350-352, figs. 1A, 1B, 3A, 3D, 3E [details]
Holotype ZMH P-23395, geounit Ponza
, Note Isola di Ponza, Cala Feola, Tyrrhenian Sea,...
Holotype ZMH P-23395, geounit Ponza [details]
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Type locality Isola di Ponza, Cala Feola, Tyrrhenian Sea, west coast of Italy (marine). [details]
Type material Holotype ZMH P-23395 and paratypes ZMH P-23410 and P-23411 whole-mounted in Canada balsam after Paracarmine staining. Paratype ZMH P-23433 mounted on stub for SEM. [details]
Type material Holotype ZMH P-23395 is one male. Paratypes ZMH P-23410 and ZMH P-23411 are two females. Paratype ZMH P-23433 is one male. [details]
Depth range 5-20 m.
Distribution Known from the islands of Ponza and Zannone, at the Pontine Islands Archipelago (Tyrrhenian coast of Italy).
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the first finding of questid specimens in the Mediterranean Sea.
Depth range 5-20 m. [details]
Distribution Known from the islands of Ponza and Zannone, at the Pontine Islands Archipelago (Tyrrhenian coast of Italy).
Distribution Known from the islands of Ponza and Zannone, at the Pontine Islands Archipelago (Tyrrhenian coast of Italy). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the first finding of questid specimens in the Mediterranean Sea.
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the first finding of questid specimens in the Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Questa mediterranea Giere & Erséus, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331467 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(4): 345-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00466.x
page(s): 350-352, figs. 1A, 1B, 3A, 3D, 3E [details]
page(s): 350-352, figs. 1A, 1B, 3A, 3D, 3E [details]
Other
additional source
Somaschini, Alessandra and Gravina, Maria Flavia 1993. First report of Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) in the Mediterranean Sea: Questa caudicirra Hartman. Vie et Milieu 43(1): 59-61.
page(s): 60, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 60, fig. 1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-23395, geounit Ponza [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23410, geounit Ponza [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23411, geounit Ponza [details]
Paratype ZMH P-23433, geounit Ponza [details]
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Additional information The species was first cited in the Mediterranean Sea by Somaschini & Gravina (1993) as Questa caudicirra Hartman, 1966. Giere & Erséus (1998) determined later that this material was in fact a new species, describing it as Questa mediterranea Giere & Erséus, 1998. [details]Depth range 5-20 m. [details]
Distribution Known from the islands of Ponza and Zannone, at the Pontine Islands Archipelago (Tyrrhenian coast of Italy). [details]
Editor's comment The geographic coordinates of the type locality provided in the original description (Giere & Erséus, 1998) seem to be erroneous. They were corrected from 40.50ºN, 12.55ºE to 40º50'N, 12º55'E in order to plot the type locality on the above map. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the first finding of questid specimens in the Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Habitat In coarse sand and in seagrass beds (Posidonia oceanica), in the fine sand rich in debris trapped among rhizomes, 5-20 m deep. [details]
Type locality Isola di Ponza, Cala Feola, Tyrrhenian Sea, west coast of Italy (marine). [details]
Type material Holotype ZMH P-23395 and paratypes ZMH P-23410 and P-23411 whole-mounted in Canada balsam after Paracarmine staining. Paratype ZMH P-23433 mounted on stub for SEM. [details]
Type material Holotype ZMH P-23395 is one male. Paratypes ZMH P-23410 and ZMH P-23411 are two females. Paratype ZMH P-23433 is one male. [details]
