WoRMS name details
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta 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> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426 page(s): 334-335, text-fig. 87, plate 40 fig. 4, plate 21A figs. 17-18; note: 20 mm x 0.5 mm, hence 'minuta' [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology not stated, but clearly based on the small size of the holotype, 20 mm x 0.5 mm, hence 'minuta' [details]
Synonymy Budaeva & Fauchald 2011 assigned the species to Paradiopatra, while earlier Paxton (1986) had assigned it to Notonuphis. [details]From other sources
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, New Zealand [details]
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