WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253 page(s): 2607-2608, fig. 5 [details]
Otheradditional 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]
Holotype NHMUK 1907.5.1.41, geounit New Zealand [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific Ocean: New Zealand (North and South Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet trisectus, is composed by the Latin prefix tri-, meaning 'three', and the Latin participle sectus, meaning 'divided', and refers to the three body sections suggested by the change of hooks, being compound in the anterior and posterior part of the body, and simple from segment 13 through segment 41. [details]
Habitat Free-living under stones, and in twisted masses in intertidal beaches. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, type locality undefined, being one of several localities: Portobello (South Island, approx. geocoordinates lat. -45.839º, long. 170.65º), Auckland Harbour (North Island, approx. geocoordinates lat. -36.842º, long. 174.749º), or Takapuna (North Island, approx. geocoordinates lat. -36.782º, long. 174.777º). [details]
Type material Holotype (NHUK 1907.5.1.41) deposited at The Natural History Museum, London (UK). [details]
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