WoRMS taxon details
Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
334543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334543)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Smith, Ralph I. (1997). Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and Australia. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 324-349., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00014
page(s): 338-342, figs. 7a-b, 8a-f [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 338-342, figs. 7a-b, 8a-f [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W.22574, geounit Mathesons Bay
, Note Mathesons Bay, near Leigh, Auckland, North...
Holotype AM W.22574, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
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Type locality Mathesons Bay, near Leigh, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°18.5'S, 174°48.2'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to -36.3028°, 174.7974°). [details]
Type material Holotype (AM W.22574) and 5 paratypes (AM W. 22575, AM W.22576) deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution New Zealand: Leigh Harbor and Mathesons Bay (Auckland, North Island).
Etymology "The specific name refers to the shelf which is developed across the dorsum of segment 3 and is from the Latin" (Hutchings...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution New Zealand: Leigh Harbor and Mathesons Bay (Auckland, North Island).
Distribution New Zealand: Leigh Harbor and Mathesons Bay (Auckland, North Island). [details]
Etymology "The specific name refers to the shelf which is developed across the dorsum of segment 3 and is from the Latin" (Hutchings...
Etymology "The specific name refers to the shelf which is developed across the dorsum of segment 3 and is from the Latin" (Hutchings & Smith, 1997: 341). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334543 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Smith, Ralph I. (1997). Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and Australia. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 324-349., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00014
page(s): 338-342, figs. 7a-b, 8a-f [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 338-342, figs. 7a-b, 8a-f [details] Available for editors
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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]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.22574, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
Nontype AM W.22577, geounit Leigh [details]
Nontype AM W.22588, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
Paratype AM W.22575, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
Paratype AM W.22576, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
Paratype LACM AHF Poly 1728, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1995.1656, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
Paratype NMNZ 1431, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
Paratype USNM 170019, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution New Zealand: Leigh Harbor and Mathesons Bay (Auckland, North Island). [details]
Etymology "The specific name refers to the shelf which is developed across the dorsum of segment 3 and is from the Latin" (Hutchings & Smith, 1997: 341). [details]
Habitat In sandy or shelly tubes in protected channels of the exposed rocky shore, or among well-embedded rocks, at intertidal level. [details]
Type locality Mathesons Bay, near Leigh, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°18.5'S, 174°48.2'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to -36.3028°, 174.7974°). [details]
Type material Holotype (AM W.22574) and 5 paratypes (AM W. 22575, AM W.22576) deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia. [details]
