Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Giere, O.; Ebbe, B.; Erséus, C. 2007. Questa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Orbiniidae) from Pacific regions - new species and reassessment of the genus Periquesta. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4): 304-319 page(s): 307-310, fig. 1 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-24693, geounit Hawaii [details]
Nontype SMNH 93174, geounit Hainan [details]
Nontype ZMH P-24703, geounit Hainan [details]
Paratype P 0281, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype P 0282, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype USNM 1104646, 1104647, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24694a, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24694b, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24695a, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24695b, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24696, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24697, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24698, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24699, geounit Hawaii [details]
Paratype ZMH P-24700, geounit Hawaii [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0-70 m depth. [details]
Distribution Hawai'i and Southern China. Possibly also New Caledonia. [details]
Etymology relates to sperm receptacles located further back than in all other Questa species, in ovarial segments (12–14). The species epithet is adjectival for the purposes of nomenclature. [details]
Habitat Subtidal sediments, mostly calcareous medium sand, 0-70 m depth. [details]
Type locality O’ahu, Hawai’i, USA, 21 deg 16.56’ N, 157 deg 04.26’ W (21.276° -157.071°), 14.6 m [details]
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