WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Boccardia (Boccardia) magniovata Read, 1975) Read, Geoffrey B. (1975). Systematics and biology of polydorid species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Wellington Harbour. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 5(4): 395-419., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1975.10419361 page(s): 401-402, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Low to high tide level. [details]
Distribution New Zealand: Hutt River estuary (Wellington Harbour, North Island). [details]
Habitat Estuarine river banks, from high to low tide levels, in poorly-sorted sandy mud, sometimes stiffened by roots of Juncus maritimus rush, in areas where normal river salinity may be as low as 0.5‰. [details]
Type locality Hutt River, Petone, 0.5 km upstream of estuary bridge, east bank, in fork of drainage-channel junction, Wellington Harbour, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean (-41.2303°, 174.9015°). [details]
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