Polychaeta taxon details
original description
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): 855, figures 1G–H,2D,6,13; note: Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comanthina schlegelii (Carpenter, 1879). 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]
Holotype ISNB G28342-40, verbatimGeounit Hansa Bay, North coa... [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors; Myzostoma longitergum species-group name is "noun in apposition, from Latin longus, long, and tergum, back, referring to the elongate posterior region" [details]
Type locality Hansa Bay, North coast of Papua New Guinea, parasitic on Comanthina schlegelii (Carpenter, 1879). No geolocation data is included. Hansa Bay is at -4.1661, 144.8732 [details]
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