WoRMS taxon details
Polydora penicillata Hutchings & Rainer, 1979
330942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330942)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia; Rainer, Sebastian. (1979). The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 13(6): 745-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937900770561
page(s): 765-767, fig. 4A-E [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 765-767, fig. 4A-E [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W8256, geounit Careel Bay
, Note Australia, New South Wales, Pittwater, Careel...
Holotype AM W8256, geounit Careel Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Pittwater, Careel Bay (33º37'S, 151º20'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to approximately lat. -33.617º, long. 151.323º). [details]
Depth range Not stated. Probably shallow water.
Distribution Australia: Careel Bay, Pittwater (New South Wales).
Etymology The specific epithet penicillata is the feminine of the Latin adjective penicillatus, meaning 'having tufts of hair' or...
Depth range Not stated. Probably shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: Careel Bay, Pittwater (New South Wales).
Distribution Australia: Careel Bay, Pittwater (New South Wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet penicillata is the feminine of the Latin adjective penicillatus, meaning 'having tufts of hair' or...
Etymology The specific epithet penicillata is the feminine of the Latin adjective penicillatus, meaning 'having tufts of hair' or 'penicillate', and refers to the brush-tipped spines on the chaetae of chaetiger 5. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora penicillata Hutchings & Rainer, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330942 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia; Rainer, Sebastian. (1979). The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 13(6): 745-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937900770561
page(s): 765-767, fig. 4A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 765-767, fig. 4A-E [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W8256, geounit Careel Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated. Probably shallow water. [details]Distribution Australia: Careel Bay, Pittwater (New South Wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet penicillata is the feminine of the Latin adjective penicillatus, meaning 'having tufts of hair' or 'penicillate', and refers to the brush-tipped spines on the chaetae of chaetiger 5. [details]
Habitat Sandy beach. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Pittwater, Careel Bay (33º37'S, 151º20'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to approximately lat. -33.617º, long. 151.323º). [details]
