Ryan, Paddy A. (1980). Namalycastis vuwaensis n.sp. (Polychaeta: Nereidae) from the Nadrau Plateau, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 7(4): 509-512.

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10.1080/03014223.1980.11760682 [view]

Ryan, Paddy A.

1980

7(4): 509-512

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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)

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This new species of subfamily Namanereinae is probably most closely related to N. tiriteae Winterbourn from the North Island of New Zealand, differing from it only in size, some parapodial characters, and the arrangement of peristomial cirri. N. vuwaensis was found in patches of sand and gravel in fairly still water in the lee of large stones in a fast-flowing reach of a montane stream. The presence of identifiable chaetae in the faeces suggests that oligochaetes may be its main food.

Fiji Islands
Pacific Ocean

Freshwater
Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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