WoRMS taxon details

Pista australis Hutchings & Glasby, 1988

330753  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330753)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 40-41, fig. 15a-f [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  AM W200877, geounit Merimbula  
Holotype AM W200877, geounit Merimbula [details]
Depth range 5-8 m.  
Depth range 5-8 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour, Gove); South Australia; Bass Strait; Victoria; New South Wales.  
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour, Gove); South Australia; Bass Strait; Victoria; New South Wales. [details]

Etymology The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia.  
Etymology The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pista australis Hutchings & Glasby, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330753 on 2024-04-16
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 40-41, fig. 15a-f [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hutchings, P.; Rainer, S. (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 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222937900770561
note: Specimens identified as Pista typha Grube, 1878. [details]   

additional source Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 155 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype AM W200877, geounit Merimbula [details]
Nontype AM W200449 [details]
Nontype AM W8217, geounit Careel Bay [details]
Paratype AHF Poly 1474, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype AM W11382, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype AM W11769, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype AM W11773, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype BMNH ZB 1986.74.91, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype USNM 99977, geounit Merimbula [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-8 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour, Gove); South Australia; Bass Strait; Victoria; New South Wales. [details]

Etymology The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia. [details]

Habitat Associated with dead coral substrata in the tropics and with seagrass beds in temperate regions, in shallow water. [details]