Loimia lanai

Loimia lanai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Terebellida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Palpata Ordo: Canalipalpata Subordo: Terebellida

Familia: Terebellidae
Subfamilia: Terebellinae
Tribus: Lanicini
Genus: Loimia
Species: Loimia lanai

Name

Loimia lanai Hutchings et al., 2024

ZooBank: 46276378-3FE9-478C-9428-EB43CA464870

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Lissenung Island, Home Reef, 2.650000°S 150.733333°E / -2.650000; 150.733333, 2 m depth, , underneath boulder on reef flat.

Holotype: AM W.54019.

Paratypes: AM W.51456 ; SIO-BIC A15677.

Etymology: named after Paulo da Cunha Lana.

References

• Hutchings, P.A., Daffe, G., Flaxman, B., Rouse, G.W., Lavesque, N. 2024. A new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) from Papua New Guinea, with comments on other species recorded in the region. Ocean and Coastal Research 72(suppl 1): e24003. DOI: 10.1590/2675-2824072.23057 . Reference page.  [p. 4–7, figs. 1–3]

Links

• Loimia lanai Hutchings, Daffe, Flaxman, Rouse & Lavesque, 2024 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 09, 2025

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