WoRMS taxon details
original description
Darbyshire, Teresa. (2014). Intertidal and nearshore Nereididae (Annelida) of the Falkland Islands, southwestern Atlantic, including a new species of <i>Gymnonereis</i>. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 427(0): 75-108., available online at http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.427.7296 page(s): 79-83, figs. 2A-I, 9A-B, table I [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2011.039.0102, geounit Falkland Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Falkland Islands. [details]
Etymology "... derived from the latin adjective tener meaning ‘soft, delicate’, referring to the very soft nature of the worm when alive and its fragility when handled." [details]
Habitat Found intertidally from mid to low shore in soft, fine sand or mud sediments. [details]
Taxonomy "Gymnonereis tenera sp. n. is most similar to both G. sibogae and G. phuketensis and can only be distinguished from each of these through combinations of characters." [details]
Type locality Teal Creek, Darwin Harbour, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, S Atlantic, 51 49.248' S, 58 55.561' W (-51.82056, -58.92583), intertidal [details]
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