Polychaeta name details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101 page(s): 24-26, fig. 9.1-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.196585, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
Paratype AM W.196582, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
Paratype AM W.196598, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
Paratype LACM AHF POLY 1404, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1983.1725, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
Paratype USNM 81484, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 4-12 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Hawkesbury River). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet inflata is a Latin word meaning 'inflated' or 'having become swollen', and refers to the swollen bases of the parapodia of the species. [details]
Habitat Muddy sand and sandy mud sediments, between 4-12 m depth, in salinities of 30-35‰. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (AM W.196585). [details]
Type locality Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -33.5326, 151.2174), 5 m, mud, salinity range 32.4-35+ ‰. [details]
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