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Polychaeta taxon detailsTainokia iridescens Knox & Green, 1972
332446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332446)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Knox, George A.; Green, Kathryn M. (1972). The polychaetes of New Zealand. Part 3. Lysaretidae. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 2(3): 431-434., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.1972.10421827 [details]
Holotype CM [Registration number not stated], geounit...
Holotype CM [Registration number not stated], geounit Kaikoura District [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Intertidal at Armers Beach, Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand, gazeteer -42.4186°, 173.7066° [details]
Etymology not stated, but assumed named for the iridescence of the body surface in life.
Etymology not stated, but assumed named for the iridescence of the body surface in life. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Tainokia iridescens Knox & Green, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332446 on 2026-08-30
Date action by
original description
Knox, George A.; Green, Kathryn M. (1972). The polychaetes of New Zealand. Part 3. Lysaretidae. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 2(3): 431-434., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.1972.10421827 [details]
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]additional source Ravara, Ascensão; Cunha, Marina R. (2017). An unusual new species of Oenonidae (Polychaeta, Eunicida) from the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(2): 1037–1043., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12526-017-0789-x [details] Available for editors [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CM [Registration number not stated], geounit Kaikoura District [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology not stated, but assumed named for the iridescence of the body surface in life. [details]Habitat Lower shore, deep burrowing in gray "slightly sulphurous" sand [details] Type locality Intertidal at Armers Beach, Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand, gazeteer -42.4186°, 173.7066° [details] |
