Reference list for Polychaeta Family pages

Updated to July 2004

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This list is the full citations for the references and page numbers cited on the New Zealand Shore Polychaeta family pages. The citations are a combination of the original literature relating to New Zealand with usually at least one more general background or general review article for the particular family.

Augener, H. (1924a). Polychaeta I. Polychaeten von den Auckland- und Campbell-Inseln. Videnskabelige Meddelelser af dansk naturhistoriske Forening 75: 1-115.

Augener, H. (1924b). Polychaeta II. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. I. Errantia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser af Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening 75: 241-441.

Augener, H. (1926). Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. Videnskabelige Meddelelser af Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening 81: 157-294.

Augener, H. (1927). Die Polychaeten der Sammlung Thilenius von Neuseeland und Samoa. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 13: 338-363.

Averintsev, V. G. (1978). The polychaetous annelids of the Aphroditiformia of the shelf and upper bathyal of Australian and New Zealand Region and of Macquarie Island (on the base data of 16th cruise of the R/V D.M. Mendeleev). Trudy Instituta Okeanologia Akademia nauk SSSR 113: 51-72. (In Russian).

Baird, W. (1865). Description of several new species and varieties of tubicolous annelides=Tribe Limivora of Grube, in the collection of the British Museum. Part I [Part 2: p16-22]. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 8: 10-22.

Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n. fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 2595-2620.

Banse, K. (1977). A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta:Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparede and Quadricirra new genus. In: Reish, D.J. & Fauchald, K. (eds). Essays on Polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman, p115-140. Allan Hancock Foundation, Los Angeles. 604 pp.

Benham, W.B. (1909). Report on the Polychaeta of the sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand. In: The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, Volume 1, p236-250. Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. 388 pp.

Benham, W.B. (1915a). Notes on some New Zealand polychaetes. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 161-170.

Benham, W.B. (1915b). Preliminary report on the polychaetous annelids from the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 170-174.

Benham, W.B. (1916). Notes on New Zealand Polychaeta (II). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 48: 386-396.

Benham, W.B. (1927). Polychaeta. British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition, 1910 Natural History Report 7: 47-182.

Benham, W.B. (1932). Notes on Polychaeta: Two new species of the genus Goniada. Annals and Magazine of Natural History London (Series 10) 9: 553-566.

Benham, W.B. (1950). Polychaeta of the Auckland and Campbell Islands. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin 10: 1-26.

Bhaud, M., Lastra, M.C. & Petersen, M.E. (1994). Redescription of Spiochaetopterus solitarius (Rioja, 1917), with notes on tube structure and comments on the generic status (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae). Ophelia 40: 115-133.

Blake, J.A. (1981). The Scalibregmatidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from South America and Antarctica collected chiefly during the cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, R/V Hero and USNS Eltanin. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94: 1131-1162.

Blake, J.A. (1984). Four new species of Spionidae (Polychaeta) from New Zealand, with comments on a syntype of Spio aequalis Ehlers from Chatham Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97: 148-159.

Blake, J.A. (1994a). Introduction to the Polychaeta. In: Blake, J.A. & Hilbig, B. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel, Volume 4, p39-113. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 377 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1994b). Family Pilargidae Saint Joseph, 1899. In: Blake, J.A. & Hilbig, B. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel, Volume 4, p271-294. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 377 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1994c). Family Paralacydoniidae Pettibone, 1963. In: Blake, J.A. & Hilbig, B. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae), Volume 4, p363-367. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 377 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1995). Family Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida and Eunicida, Volume 5, p189-206. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 378 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1996a). Family Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae, Volume 6, p1-26. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 418 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1996b). Family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae, Volume 6, p27-70. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 418 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1996c). Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. Including a review of the genera and species from California and a revision of the genus Polydora. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae, Volume 6, p81-223. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 418 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1996d). Family Chaetopteridae Malmgren, 1867. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae, Volume 6, p233-252. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 418 pp.

Blake, J.A. (1996e). Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a revision of the genera and species from theeastern North Pacific. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae, Volume 6, p263-384. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 418 pp.

Bleidorn, C.; Vogt, L.; Bartolomaeus, T. (2003). New insights into polychaete phylogeny (Annelida) inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29(2): 279-288.

Böggemann, M., & D. Fiege.(2001). Description of seven new species of the genus Glycera Savigny, 1818. Ophelia 54(1):29-49.

Böggemann, M. (2002). Revision of the Glyceridae Grube 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 555: 1-249.

Borowski, C. (1995). New records of Longosomatidae (Heterospionidae) (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the abyssal Southeast Pacific, with the description of Heterospio peruana sp. n. and general remarks on the family. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 92 (Suppliment 1): 129-144.

Colbath, G.K. (1989). Revision of the family Lysaretidae, and recognition of the family Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865 (Eunicida: Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102: 116-123.

Cook, D.G. & Brinkhurst, R.O. (1973). Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. Annelida: Oligochaeta. NOAA technical report NMFS circular 374: 1-23.

Daly, J.M. (1975). Reversible epitoky in the life history of the polychaete Odontosyllis polycera (Schmarda, 1861). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 55: 327-344.

Dauvin, J.-C. & Bellan, G. (1994). Systematics, ecology and biogeographic relationships in the sub-family Travisiinae (Polychaeta, Opheliidae). Memoires du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle 162: 169-184.

Dauvin, J.-C. & Thiebaut, E. (1994). Is Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje a cosmopolitan species? Memoires du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle 162: 383-404.

Day, J.H. (1975). On a collection of Polychaeta from intertidal and shallow reefs near Perth, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 167-208.

Day, J.H. (1977). A review of Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). In: Reish, D.J. & Fauchald, K. (eds). Essays on Polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman, p217-246. Allan Hancock Foundation, Los Angeles. 604 pp.

Day, J.H. & Hutchings, P.A. (1979). An annotated check-list of Australian and New Zealand Polychaeta, Archiannelida and Myzostomida. Records of the Australian Museum 32: 80-161.

Dew, B. (1959). Serpulidae (Polychaeta) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 25: 19-56.

Eckelbarger, K.J. & Grassle, J.P. (1987). Interspecific variation in genital spine, sperm, and larval morphology in six sibling species of Capitella. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 62-76.

Ehlers, E. (1904). Neuseelandische Anneliden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 3: 1-80.

Ehlers, E. (1907). Neuseelandische Anneliden II. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse 5: 1-31.

Eibye-Jacobsen, D. & Kristensen, R.M. (1994). A new genus and species of Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Bermuda, with a phylogenetic analysis of Dorvilleidae, Iphitimidae and Dinophilidae. Zoologica Scripta 23: 107-131.

Ekdale, A.A. & Lewis, D.W. (1993). Sabellariid reefs in Ruby Bay, New Zealand: a modern analogue of skolithos “piperock” that is not produced by burrowing activity. Palaios 8: 614-620.

Estcourt, I.N. (1966). A new polychaete from Three Kings Islands. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology 7: 205-207.

Estcourt, I.N. (1967). Burrowing polychaete worms from a New Zealand estuary. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Zoology) 9: 65-78.

Estcourt, I.N. (1974). Population study of Pectinaria australis in Tasman Bay. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8: 283-289.

Estcourt, I.N. (1975). Population structure of Aglaophamus verrilli (Polychaeta: Nephtyidae) from Tasman Bay. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records 2: 149-154.

Fauchald, K. (1977). The Polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 28: 1-188.

Fauchald, K. (1982). Revision of Onuphis, Nothria, and Paradiopatra (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 356: 1-109.

Fauchald, K. (1986). Review of the types and key to the species of Eunice, Eunicidae: Polychaeta, from the Australian Region. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 241-262.

Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus Eunice (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 523: 1-422.

Fauchald, K., Rouse, G.W. (1997). Polychaete systematics: past and present. Zoologica Scripta 26: 71-138.

Fitzhugh, K. (1987). Phylogenetic relationships within the Nereididae, (Polychaeta): Implications at the subfamily level. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 174-183.

Fitzhugh, K. (1989). A systematic revision of the Sabellidae-Caobangiidae-Sabellongidae complex (Annelida: Polychaeta). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 192: 1-104.

Fitzhugh, K. (1991). Further revisions of the Sabellidae subfamilies and cladistic relationships among the Fabriciinae, Annelida: Polychaeta. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 305-332.

Fournier, J.A. & Petersen, M.E. (1991). Cossura longocirrata: redescription and distribution, with notes on reproductive biology and a comparison of described species of Cossura, Polychaeta: Cossuridae. In: Petersen, M.E. & Kirkegaard, J.B. (eds). Ophelia, Suppliment 5. Systematics, biology and morphology of world Polychaeta, p63-80. Second International Polychaete Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 18-23, 1986. Ophelia Publications, Helsingor, Denmark. 723 pp.

Gidholm, L. (1965). On the morphology of the sexual stages, mating and egg-laying in Autolytus (Polychaeta). Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala 37: 1-42.

Gidholm, L. (1967). A revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae, Polychaeta) with special reference to Scandinavian species, and with notes on external and internal morphology, reproduction and ecology. Arkiv för Zoologi 19: 157-213.

Gilbert, K.M. (1984). Family Chaetopteridae Malmgren 1867. In: Uebelacker, J.M. & Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico, p1-13. Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Alabama.

Glasby, C.J., Read, G. B. (1998). A chronological review of polychaete taxonomy in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 28(3): 347-374.

Grassle, J.P., Gelfman, C.E. & Mills, S.W. (1987). Karyotypes of Capitella sibling species, and of several species in the related genera Capitellides and Capitomastus (Polychaeta). Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 77-88.

Green, K.D. (1982). Uncispionidae, a new polychaete family (Annelida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95: 530-536.

Gustafson, G. (1930). Anatomische studien uber die Polychaten-familien Amphinomidae und Euphrosynidae. Zoologiska Bidrag Fran Uppsala 12: 305-471.

Hanley, J.R. & Burke, M. (1988). A new genus and species of commensal scaleworm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Beagle 5: 5-16.

Hartman, O. (1957). Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 15: 211-393.

Hartman, O. (1966). Quantitive survey of the benthos of San Pedro Basin, southern California. Part II. Final results and conclusions. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 19: 187-455.

Hartman, O. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology 2: 1-387.

Hilbig, B. (1994a). Family Glyceridae Grube, 1850. In: Blake, J.A. & Hilbig, B. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae), Volume 4, p197-214. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 377 pp.

Hilbig, B. (1994b). Family Hesionidae Sars, 1862. In: Blake, J.A. & Hilbig, B. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae), Volume 4, p243-269. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 377 pp.

Hilbig, B. (1994c). Family Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. In: Blake, J.A. & Hilbig, B. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae), Volume 4, p329-362. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 377 pp.

Hilbig, B. & Blake, J.A. (1991). Dorvilleidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the U. S. Atlantic slope and rise. Description of two new genera and 14 new species, with a generic revision of Ophryotrocha. Zoologica Scripta 20: 147-183.

Holthe, T. (1986a). Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. Gunneria 55: 1-236.

Holthe, T. (1986b). Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia 7: 1-192.

ten Hove, H.A. (1984). Towards a phylogeny in serpulids (Annelida; Polychaeta). In: Hutchings, P.A. (eds). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983, p181-196. Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney.

ten Hove, H.A. & Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. (1984). A revision of the genus Crucigera (Polychaeta; Serpulidae); a proposed methodical approach to serpulids, with special reference to variation in Serpula and Hydroides. In: Hutchings, P.A. (eds). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983, p143-180. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 483 pp.

ten Hove, H.A. & Smith, R.S. (1990). A re-description of Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878 (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a discussion of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 101-118.

Hutchings, P.A. (1977). Terebelliform polychaeta of the families Ampharetidae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1-38.

Hutchings, P. & Glasby, C. (1986). The Polycirrinae, Polychaeta: Terebellidae, from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 319-350.

Hutchings, P.A. & Glasby, C.J. (1987). The Thelepinae, Terebellidae, from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 217-250.

Hutchings, P.A. & Glasby, C. (1988). The Amphitritinae, Polychaeta: Terebellidae, from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 40: 1-60.

Hutchings, P. & McRae, J. (1993). The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 45: 279-363.

Hutchings, P.A. & Rainer, S.F. (1982). Designation of a neotype of Capitella filiformis Claparede 1864, type species of the genus Heteromastus (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Records of the Australian Museum 34: 373-380.

Hutchings, P., Reid, A. & Wilson, R. (1975). Perinereis (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Australia, with redescriptions of six additional species. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 241-274.

Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. (1982). The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144.

Hutchings, P.A. & Smith, R.I. (1997). Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and australia. Bulletin of Marine Science 60: 324-349.

Hutchings, P.A & Peart, R. (2002). A review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian fauna. Records of the Australian Museum 54(1): 99-127.

Jones, M.L. (1978). Three new species of Magelona (Annelida, Polychaeta) and a redescription of Magelona pitelkai Hartman. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91: 336-363.

Jumars, P.A. (1974). A generic revision of the Dorvilleidae (Polychaeta), with six new species from the deep North Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 54: 101-135.

Kirkegaard, J.B. (1956). Benthic Polychaeta from depths exceeding 6000 metres. Galathea Report 2: 63-78.

Kirkegaard, J.B. (1995). Bathyal and abyssal polychaetes (errant species). Galathea Report 17: 7-56.

Kirkegaard, J.B. (1996). Bathyal and abyssal polychaetes (Sedentary species I). Galathea Report 17: 57-77.

Kirtley, D.W. (1994). A review and taxonomic revision of the Family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). Sabecon Press, Vero Beach, Florida. 223 pp.

Knight-Jones, P. (1978). New Spirorbidae (Polychaeta: Sedentaria) from the East Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and southern oceans. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 64: 201-240.

Knight-Jones, P. (1981). Behaviour, setal inversion and phylogeny of Sabellida (Polychaeta). Zoologica Scripta 10: 183-202.

Knight-Jones, P. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 245-295.

KnightJones,P (1997). Two new species of Megalomma (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. Bulletin of Marine Science 60: 313-323.

Knight-Jones, P. & Fordy, M.R. (1979). Setal structure, functions and interrelationships in Spirorbidae (Polychaeta, Sedentaria). Zoologica Scripta 8: 119-138.

Knight-Jones, P. & Knight-Jones, E.W. (1984). Systematics, ecology and distribution of southern hemisphere spirorbids (Polychaeta: Spirorbidae). In: Hutchings, P.A. (eds). Proceedings of the first International Polychaete Conference, p196-210. The Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney. 483 pp.

Knight-Jones, P. & Knight-Jones, E.W. (1994). Spirorbidae (Polychaeta) from Signy Island, South Orkneys, including three new species. Ophelia 40: 75-94.

Knox, G.A. (1949). Studies on a New Zealand serpulid Pomatoceros coeruleus [sic] Schmarda. Unpublished MSc thesis, University of New Zealand. 127 pp.

Knox, G.A. (1951a). The polychaetous annelids of Banks Peninsula. Part I. Nereidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 5: 213-229.

Knox, G.A. (1951b). The polychaetous annelids of Banks Peninsula Part 2. A rock bottom fauna from 80 fathoms. Records of the Canterbury Museum 6: 61-81.

Knox, G.A. (1953). The intertidal ecology of Taylor's Mistake, Banks Peninsula. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81: 189-220.

Knox, G.A. (1956). The genus Lepidonotus (Polychaeta) in New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 7: 43-50.

Knox, G.A. (1957). Clavisyllis alternata, gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History London, 12 10: 493-496.

Knox, G.A. (1960a). Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 3. Polychaeta Errantia. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 6: 1-140.

Knox, G.A. (1960b). The polychaete Family Longosomidae in New Zealand. Nature 187(4743): 1131.

Knox, G.A. (1960c). The polychaetous annelids of New Zealand. Part 1. Glyceridae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 7: 219-232.

Knox, G.A. (1971). Dodecaceria berkeleyi n. sp., a polychaete (Family Cirrutulidae [sic]) from New Zealand. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 28: 1437-1443.

Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12: 73-85.

Knox, G.A. & Green, K.M. (1972a). The Polychaetes of New Zealand Part 4. Eunicidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2: 459-470.

Knox, G.A. & Green, K.M. (1972b). The polychaetous annelids of New Zealand Part 2: Lumbrineridae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2: 69-81.

Knox, G.A. & Green, K.M. (1972c). The polychaetous annelids of New Zealand Part 3: Lysaretidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2: 431-434.

Knox, G.A. & Green, K.M. (1973). Taxonomic position of two Lumbrineris spp. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: 247-252.

Knox, G.A. & Hicks, K. (1973). The polychaetes of New Zealand Part 5. Onuphidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3: 281-294.

Koh, B.S.; Bhaud, M. (2003). Identification of new criteria for differentiating between populations of Owenia fusiformis (Annelida Polychaeta) from different origins: Rehabilitation of old species and erection of new species. Vie et Milieu   Life and Environment 53(2-3): 65-95.

Kudenov, J.D. (1987). Review of the primary species characters for the genus Euphrosine, Polychaeta: Euphrosinidae. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 184-193.

Kudenov, J.D. (1993). Amphinomidae and Euphrosinidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) principally from Antarctica, the southern ocean, and subantarctic regions. Antarctic Research Series 58: 93-150.

Kudenov, J.D. (1994). Redescription of Hipponoa gaudichaudi Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1830 (Polychaeta, Amphinomidae). Memoires du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle 162: 199-207.

Kudenov, J.D. (1995). Family Euphrosinidae Williams, 1851. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and Scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. vol 5, p217-228. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara.

Kudenov, J.D. & Blake, J.A. (1978). A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History 12: 427-444.

Kudenov, J.D. & Harris, L.H. (1995). Family Syllidae Grube, 1850. In: Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P.H. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and Scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida, Volume 5, p1-97. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. 378 pp.

Kudenov, J.D. & Read, G.B. (1977). Axiothella serrata n. sp., a maldanid polychaete from Porirua Harbour, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 11: 697-702.

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