WoRMS name details
Laonice insolita Greaves, Meißner & Wilson, 2011
574378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574378)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Greaves, Elizabeth; Meißner, Karin; Wilson, Robin. (2011). New <i>Laonice</i> species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from western and northern Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2903(1): 1-20., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02903p020.pdf
page(s): 6-9, figs. 5-7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 6-9, figs. 5-7 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype MV F110764, geounit Shark Bay
, Note Offshore near Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay...
Holotype MV F110764, geounit Shark Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Offshore near Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay region, West Australia, Indian Ocean, L6, Stn SS07/2005 81, -25.9597 112.2570 (25º57.583' S, 112º15.417´E), 28 Jan 2005, 393 m [details]
Etymology Latin for ‘unusual, uncommon, strange’, insolita refers to the many characters of this species that are uncommon in...
Taxonomy Very similar to Aonidella dayi López-Jamar, 1989 according to Meißner et al (2014:216) who state: "there are not many...
Etymology Latin for ‘unusual, uncommon, strange’, insolita refers to the many characters of this species that are uncommon in other Laonice species. [details]
Taxonomy Very similar to Aonidella dayi López-Jamar, 1989 according to Meißner et al (2014:216) who state: "there are not many...
Taxonomy Very similar to Aonidella dayi López-Jamar, 1989 according to Meißner et al (2014:216) who state: "there are not many differences between A. insolita comb. nov. and A. dayi. The most obvious difference is certainly the presence of interparapodial lateral pouches in A. insolita comb. nov. from chaetiger 6, this character is missing in its congener [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Laonice insolita Greaves, Meißner & Wilson, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574378 on 2025-12-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Greaves, Elizabeth; Meißner, Karin; Wilson, Robin. (2011). New <i>Laonice</i> species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from western and northern Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2903(1): 1-20., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02903p020.pdf
page(s): 6-9, figs. 5-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 6-9, figs. 5-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Guggolz, T.; Götting, M. (2014). Spionidae (Polychaeta: Canalipalpata: Spionida) from seamounts in the NE Atlantic. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3786(3): 201-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.1
page(s): 208; note: transfer to Aonidella [details]
page(s): 208; note: transfer to Aonidella [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MV F110764, geounit Shark Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Latin for ‘unusual, uncommon, strange’, insolita refers to the many characters of this species that are uncommon in other Laonice species. [details]Taxonomy Very similar to Aonidella dayi López-Jamar, 1989 according to Meißner et al (2014:216) who state: "there are not many differences between A. insolita comb. nov. and A. dayi. The most obvious difference is certainly the presence of interparapodial lateral pouches in A. insolita comb. nov. from chaetiger 6, this character is missing in its congener [details]
Type locality Offshore near Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay region, West Australia, Indian Ocean, L6, Stn SS07/2005 81, -25.9597 112.2570 (25º57.583' S, 112º15.417´E), 28 Jan 2005, 393 m [details]
