WoRMS taxon details
original description
Graff, Ludwig von. (1887). Report on the Myzostomida (Supplement) collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 61): 1-16, pl. 1-4., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-61/htm/doc.html page(s): 9, plate 2, figures 2-3; note: on host Actinometra sp. from Moluccas (Maluku Islands, Indonesia), which are centered around 3 S, 129 E. No station details given. [details]
basis of record
Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Author: Myzostoma nanseni is "named in honour of Mr. Fridtjof Nansen." At that time Nansen, not yet a famous explorer, was a young Norwegian biologist and he published two articles on Myzostomida, including some taxonomy. He had earlier named Myzostoma graffi Nansen, 1885. [details]
Type locality on host Actinometra sp. from Moluccas (Maluku Islands, Indonesia), which are centered around 3 S, 129 E. No station details given. [details]
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