WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Aonides trifidus Estcourt, 1967) Estcourt, I. N. (1967). Burrowing polychaete worms from a New Zealand estuary. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology.</em> 9(7): 65-78., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-zoology/1967/07/14 page(s): 74-75, figs. 7-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
Holotype NIWA 1597, geounit Christchurch [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Author: "The name trifidus refers to the three divisions in the distal tooth of the hooded hooks." [details]
Spelling Estcourt used 'trifidus' but mandatory gender agreement requires 'trifida' [details]
Type locality Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand. Estcourt does not give a geolocation for his holotype but the approximate location is -43.5551, 172.7049 [details]
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