Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Atkins, Daphne. (1927). Report on the Myzostomidae collected by Mr. F.A. Potts in Torres Strait, together with a description of a species obtained by Professor J. Stanley Gardiner from the Maldives. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 97(2): 339-357., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02265.x page(s): 346, plate 2; note: On Comanthus annulatus, location not stated but either Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, or Badu, Torres Strait [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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. The adjective insignis, L. means remarkable, notable, distinguished, thus it must be a authorial opinion of the specimen which is magnificent according to Atkins. [details]
Type locality On Comanthus annulatus, location not stated but either Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, or Badu, Torres Strait [details]
| |