WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrus multus Hutchings, 1990
330880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330880)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (1990). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region. In: Morton, Brian (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp: 377-412.
page(s): 383-384, fig. 2a-d [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 383-384, fig. 2a-d [details] Available for editors
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Note Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong [details]
Depth range 2-10 m.
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea).
Etymology "The specific name multus is Latin for 'much' or 'many', and refers to the large number of pairs of notopodia present"...
Depth range 2-10 m. [details]
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea).
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea). [details]
Etymology "The specific name multus is Latin for 'much' or 'many', and refers to the large number of pairs of notopodia present"...
Etymology "The specific name multus is Latin for 'much' or 'many', and refers to the large number of pairs of notopodia present" (Hutchings, 1990: 384). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus multus Hutchings, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330880 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (1990). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region. In: Morton, Brian (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp: 377-412.
page(s): 383-384, fig. 2a-d [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 383-384, fig. 2a-d [details] Available for editors
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Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (1990). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region. In: Morton, Brian (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp: 377-412. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range 2-10 m. [details]Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea). [details]
Etymology "The specific name multus is Latin for 'much' or 'many', and refers to the large number of pairs of notopodia present" (Hutchings, 1990: 384). [details]
Habitat Amongst live coral, in crevices, 2-10 m. [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Australian Museum, Sydney [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong [details]
