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Original name (Basionym): Nephthys macroura Schmarda 1861
Described from: New Zealand
Type locality: Auckland
Remarks: Figs are parapodium, chaetae, and jaw element(?). Found in sand. NOTE: Record uses genus variant spelling of Nephthys
Source: Schmarda, L.K. 1861 : Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr [sic, should be Erde] 1853 bis 1857 von Ludwig K. Schmarda. Erster Band. Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Zweite h�lfte. Mit 22 colorirten kupfertafeln und mehreren hundert figuren in holzschnitt. [New invertebrate animals observed and collected on a journey around the earth 1853 to 1857. First Volume. Turbellarien, Rotatorien and Anneliden. Second Half. With 22 coloured copper plates and several hundred figures in woodcut . : 1-164, pl 16-37.
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