WoRMS name details
Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997
331438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331438)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (unavailable genus name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Pat. (1997). The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. pages 459-501, 10 figures, 4 tables. In: Wells, Fred E. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
page(s): 466-469, figs. 1A-B, 2A-C, table 2 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W22505, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western... , Note Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands,...
Holotype AM W22505, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
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Type locality Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°27.05'S, 113°45.10'E), 35-38 m, scallop beds, medium to fine sands plus shell debris containing terebellids. [details]
Depth range 8-40 m.
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands).
Etymology The specific epithet binara is an aboriginal name for frilled lizards which have an expanded anterior membrane, referring...
Depth range 8-40 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet binara is an aboriginal name for frilled lizards which have an expanded anterior membrane, referring...
Etymology The specific epithet binara is an aboriginal name for frilled lizards which have an expanded anterior membrane, referring to the expanded anterior margins of the anterior segments of the new species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331438 on 2024-05-01
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original description
Hutchings, Pat. (1997). The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. pages 459-501, 10 figures, 4 tables. In: Wells, Fred E. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
page(s): 466-469, figs. 1A-B, 2A-C, table 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 466-469, figs. 1A-B, 2A-C, table 2 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W22505, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22506, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype LACM AHF POLY 1727, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1995.1599, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype USNM 171067, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype WAM 102-95, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 8-40 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Editor's comment Species inquirenda as of doubtful identity consequent upon the genus "Pseudothelepus" named by Hutchings (1997) being an unavailable name because preoccupied by Pseudothelepus Augener, 1918 [details]
Etymology The specific epithet binara is an aboriginal name for frilled lizards which have an expanded anterior membrane, referring to the expanded anterior margins of the anterior segments of the new species. [details]
Habitat Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, tubes actually found within dead but intact bivalve shells which have accumulated sediment between the two halves, at subtidal to shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°27.05'S, 113°45.10'E), 35-38 m, scallop beds, medium to fine sands plus shell debris containing terebellids. [details]
