Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Knox, George A.; Hicks, Kathryn. (1973). The polychaetes of New Zealand. Part 5. Onuphidae. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 3(2): 281-294. [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 CMNZ AQ 3444, geounit Auckland [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: "akarana" is the Maori pronunciation of Auckland" This is correct as Akarana is a transliteration of the European name for the location, named after the English politician Earl of Auckland. The Maori location name, not used, would have been Tāmaki-Makau-rau [details]
Type locality Bayswater, Shoal Bay, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand, gazetteer adjusted geolocation -36.8123 174.7753 [details]
| |