WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrus brutus Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015
867804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867804)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17
page(s): 473-475, fig. 21A-I [details]
page(s): 473-475, fig. 21A-I [details]
Holotype NTM W.023152, geounit Great Barrier Reef
, Note Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef,...
Holotype NTM W.023152, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Palfrey Island (14º41'28.572''S, 145º26'29.940''E). [details]
Depth range 10 m.
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).
Etymology The specific epithet brutus derives from the comic character Brutus, also known as Bluto, from the cartoon created by E.C....
Depth range 10 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet brutus derives from the comic character Brutus, also known as Bluto, from the cartoon created by E.C....
Etymology The specific epithet brutus derives from the comic character Brutus, also known as Bluto, from the cartoon created by E.C. Segar Popeye the Sailor Man, and refers to the pair of prostomial horn-like lateral expansions, which resemble the curved arms of a very strong man. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus brutus Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867804 on 2024-03-29
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Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17
page(s): 473-475, fig. 21A-I [details]
page(s): 473-475, fig. 21A-I [details]
Holotype NTM W.023152, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Paratype AM W.47691, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 10 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet brutus derives from the comic character Brutus, also known as Bluto, from the cartoon created by E.C. Segar Popeye the Sailor Man, and refers to the pair of prostomial horn-like lateral expansions, which resemble the curved arms of a very strong man. [details]
Habitat Coral rubble, at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Palfrey Island (14º41'28.572''S, 145º26'29.940''E). [details]