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Polychaeta taxon details

Micronereis halei Hartman, 1954

329378  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329378)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1954). Australian Nereidae. Including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 77: 1-41., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41336914
page(s): 25-27, figs. 18-21 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Outer edge of reef at Sellicks Beach, South...  
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Type locality Outer edge of reef at Sellicks Beach, South Australia, Australia (gazetteer estimate -35.339º, 138.443º), at low tide, from stones in rock pools.  [details]
Depth range Low tide to about 9 m depth.   
Depth range Low tide to about 9 m depth.  [details]

Distribution Australia: South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia  
Distribution Australia: South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia [details]

Etymology The species is named after its collector, Mr. Herbert Mathew Hale (b. Prospect, South Australia, 3 June 1895 - d. 3...  
Etymology The species is named after its collector, Mr. Herbert Mathew Hale (b. Prospect, South Australia, 3 June 1895 - d. 3 September 1963), Director of the South Australian Museum (1928-1960).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Micronereis halei Hartman, 1954. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329378 on 2024-04-19
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original description Hartman, Olga. (1954). Australian Nereidae. Including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 77: 1-41., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41336914
page(s): 25-27, figs. 18-21 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Turvey, S. P. (1982). The Nereididae of South Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 106(3): 93-144., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41071833
page(s): 104, fig. 4a [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Hadiyanto, Hadiyanto; Glasby, Christopher J. (2023). Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5239(2): 151-203., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5239.2.1
page(s): 158-159 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype AM W.18380, geounit South Australia (state) [details]
Nontype NMV F 109492, geounit Victoria (Australian state) [details]
Syntype AHF 1008, geounit South Australia (state) [details]
Syntype AHF 7645, geounit South Australia (state) [details]
Syntype AHF 7647, geounit South Australia (state) [details]
Syntype AHF Poly 843, geounit South Australia (state) [details]
Syntype AHF Poly 844, geounit South Australia (state) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Low tide to about 9 m depth.  [details]

Distribution Australia: South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia [details]

Etymology The species is named after its collector, Mr. Herbert Mathew Hale (b. Prospect, South Australia, 3 June 1895 - d. 3 September 1963), Director of the South Australian Museum (1928-1960).  [details]

Habitat At low tide, from stones in rock pools, and among algal holdfasts and crevice fauna, at shallow water.  [details]

Reproduction Eight of 10 examined syntypes with male gametes. Accessory parapodial cirri absent in smaller specimens; one syntype (AHF Poly 844, measuring 4.1 mm in length for 23 setigers) with very short accessory cirri and few falcigers, thought to be in the early stages of epitoky.  [details]

Type locality Outer edge of reef at Sellicks Beach, South Australia, Australia (gazetteer estimate -35.339º, 138.443º), at low tide, from stones in rock pools.  [details]