WoRMS name details
Lizardia quasimodo Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015
867430 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867430)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 484-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.18
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Holotype AM W.45151, geounit Great Barrier Reef
, Note Southwest Pacific, Australia, Queensland,...
Holotype AM W.45151, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Southwest Pacific, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, off Watson's Bay (14º39'41''S, 145º26'27''E). [details]
Depth range 14 m.
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).
Etymology The specific epithet quasimodo refers to Quasimodo, the hunchbacked leading fictional character of the novel Notre-Dame de...
Depth range 14 m. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet quasimodo refers to Quasimodo, the hunchbacked leading fictional character of the novel Notre-Dame de...
Etymology The specific epithet quasimodo refers to Quasimodo, the hunchbacked leading fictional character of the novel Notre-Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo, in reference to the pronounced hump the species has on its anterior segments. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lizardia quasimodo Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867430 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
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Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 484-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.18
page(s): 531, figs. 30-31 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 531, figs. 30-31 [details] Available for editors






Holotype AM W.45151, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 14 m. [details]Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet quasimodo refers to Quasimodo, the hunchbacked leading fictional character of the novel Notre-Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo, in reference to the pronounced hump the species has on its anterior segments. [details]
Habitat Calcareous algae and epiphytic brown algae, at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Southwest Pacific, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, off Watson's Bay (14º39'41''S, 145º26'27''E). [details]