WoRMS taxon details
Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957
327122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327122)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knox, G. A. (1957). <i>Clavisyllis alternata</i> gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 12, 10(115): 493-496., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222935708655989
page(s): 493-496, figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 493-496, figs. 1-4 [details]
Holotype CMNZ None. No specimens deposited?, geounit...
, Note Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand,...
Holotype CMNZ None. No specimens deposited?, geounit New Zealand [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, found on hydroid, estimated geolocation -43.6473°, 172.9623°. [details]
Type material Holotype (and only type specimen) deposited in the Canterbury Museum (Cristchurch, New Zealand), by Knox (1957), but now considered to be lost (Aguado & San Martín, 2008). [details]
Depth range Shallow water to about 8 m.
Distribution New Zealand: North Island (port of New Plymouth), and South Island (Menzies Bay, northern side of Banks Peninsula).
Etymology The specific epithet alternata refers to the alternate point insertion and size of the dorsal cirri, with smaller dorsal...
Depth range Shallow water to about 8 m. [details]
Distribution New Zealand: North Island (port of New Plymouth), and South Island (Menzies Bay, northern side of Banks Peninsula).
Distribution New Zealand: North Island (port of New Plymouth), and South Island (Menzies Bay, northern side of Banks Peninsula). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet alternata refers to the alternate point insertion and size of the dorsal cirri, with smaller dorsal...
Etymology The specific epithet alternata refers to the alternate point insertion and size of the dorsal cirri, with smaller dorsal cirri being inserted more dorsally, while bigger dorsal cirri are inserted more laterally. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327122 on 2023-11-28
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original description
Knox, G. A. (1957). <i>Clavisyllis alternata</i> gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 12, 10(115): 493-496., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222935708655989
page(s): 493-496, figs. 1-4 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Morton, J. & M. Miller, 1973. The New Zealand Sea shore, ed. 2 : 1-653.
page(s): 177 [original figure?] [details]
redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 43, figs. 5-6 [details]
page(s): 493-496, figs. 1-4 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Morton, J. & M. Miller, 1973. The New Zealand Sea shore, ed. 2 : 1-653.
page(s): 177 [original figure?] [details]
redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 43, figs. 5-6 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CMNZ None. No specimens deposited?, geounit New Zealand [details]
Nontype NIWA 4067, geounit New Zealand [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water to about 8 m. [details]Distribution New Zealand: North Island (port of New Plymouth), and South Island (Menzies Bay, northern side of Banks Peninsula). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet alternata refers to the alternate point insertion and size of the dorsal cirri, with smaller dorsal cirri being inserted more dorsally, while bigger dorsal cirri are inserted more laterally. [details]
Habitat On hydroids (Sertularia sp.). [details]
Type locality Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, found on hydroid, estimated geolocation -43.6473°, 172.9623°. [details]
Type material Holotype (and only type specimen) deposited in the Canterbury Museum (Cristchurch, New Zealand), by Knox (1957), but now considered to be lost (Aguado & San Martín, 2008). [details]
Type specimen The holotype material from Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, said to be deposited in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, is reported lost. Rare, with only two, perhaps three specimens ever collected. Knox had one specimen. Aguado and San Martin (2008:43) redescribed and re-illustrated the species from a single specimen, NIWA 4067 identified by G. Read, collected by NIWA, from New Plymouth. Morton & Miller (1973:177) earlier had illustrated what may have been a further specimen, but is mislabelled as a Pisione in their figure. [details]
