WoRMS source details
Pacific Ocean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917 (status source)
Neoamphitrite hydrothermalis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2012 (original description)
Neoamphitrite pachyderma (Hutchings & Glasby, 1988) (new combination reference)
Pista shizugawaensis Nishi & Tanaka, 2006 accepted as Pista brevibranchiata Moore, 1923 (additional source)
Streblosoma kaia Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2012 (original description)
Paratype SMF 17870, geounit Papua, identified as Neoamphitrite hydrothermalis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2012
(fide Reuscher et al, 2012) "3 pairs of dichotomous branchiae with pronounced stems in segments II–IV. Lateral ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe (2012: 1002): "3 pairs of dichotomous branchiae with pronounced stems ... [details]
West Pacific Ocean: Lihir Basin (Bismarck Archipelago). [details]
West Pacific Ocean: Japan (Shizugawa Bay, Honshu); Lihir Basin (Bimarck Archipelago). [details]
named after the hydrothermal vent habitat [details]
name refers to the Melanesian demons Kaia that inhabit volcanoes and metamorphose into different animals. [details]
Hydrothermal vent fields. [details]
Neoamphitrite differs from Amphitrite in "dichotomous rather than filiform branchiae, the number of nephridia is ... [details]
Edison Seamount, Lihir Basin, Bismarck Archipelago, Pacific Ocean (-3.3143°, 152.5819°). [details]