WoRMS name details
Eunice metatropos Hanley, 1986
327735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327735)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hanley, J. Russell. (1986). Co-operative effort in a new species of tube dwelling worm, Eunice metatropos (Polychaeta:Eunicidae). <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 3(1): 215-221., available online at https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=939152945285279;res=IELHSS [details]
Holotype NTM W3886, geounit Western Australia
, Note northwest shelf off western Australia, 19°...
Holotype NTM W3886, geounit Western Australia [details]
Etymology metatropos (derivation unstated) "reflects the apparent change in tropism ... during construction [of tubes]"
Etymology metatropos (derivation unstated) "reflects the apparent change in tropism ... during construction [of tubes]" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice metatropos Hanley, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327735 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Hanley, J. Russell. (1986). Co-operative effort in a new species of tube dwelling worm, Eunice metatropos (Polychaeta:Eunicidae). <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 3(1): 215-221., available online at https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=939152945285279;res=IELHSS [details]
status source Zanol, Joana; Hutchings, Pat A.; Fauchald, Kristian. (2020). <em>Eunice</em> <em>sensu lato</em> (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera <em>Eunice</em>, <em>Leodice</em> and <em>Nicidion</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4748(1): 1-43., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4748.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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status source Zanol, Joana; Hutchings, Pat A.; Fauchald, Kristian. (2020). <em>Eunice</em> <em>sensu lato</em> (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera <em>Eunice</em>, <em>Leodice</em> and <em>Nicidion</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4748(1): 1-43., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4748.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NTM W3886, geounit Western Australia [details]
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Etymology metatropos (derivation unstated) "reflects the apparent change in tropism ... during construction [of tubes]" [details]Habitat Tough parchment-like tubes are zig-zag distally, beginning as straight tubes collectively entwined basally for about 1/3 of the length, then separating to form a tree-like structure, with each tube then having a zig-zag path thereafter. [details]
Type locality northwest shelf off western Australia, 19° 12' S, 118° 32' E, 80 m, trawled [details]
Type material frozen specimens later formalin fixed, and noted by Hanley (1986: 215) as in poor condition [details]
