Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Orbiniidae > Subfamily Questinae > Genus Questa

Questa caudicirra Hartman, 1966

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Questa*	Hartman, 1966	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	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(2): 187-455.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Hobson, K. D. (1976). Protoariciella oligobranchia new species (Orbiniidae) and six new records of Orbiniidae, Questidae, and Paraonidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 54(4): 591-596.
additional source	Giere, O.; Riserathan, N.W. (1981). Questidae - Polychaetes with Oligochaetoid morphology and development. Zoologica Scripta. 10: 95-103.
additional source	Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Giere, O.; Erséus, C. (1998). A systematic account of the Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), with description of new taxa. Zoologica Scripta. 27(4): 345-360.
taxonomy source	Núñez, Jorge; Martínez, Alejandro. (2023). Two new species and records of the genus Questa (Annelida: Orbiniidae) from Azores and Canary Islands, Central Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa. 5319(3): 403-412.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Questa caudicirra Hartman, 1966. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130860