WoRMS name details
Holotype AM W.6004, geounit Port Adelaide [details]
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Depth range Often in the supralittoral zone, to 4 m depth. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; South Australia. [details]
Etymology "The specific name refers to the position on the shore where the animal lives" (Hutchings & Turvey, 1982: 108). [details]
Habitat Associated with mangroves and mudflats, often in the supralittoral zone. [details]
Homonymy Namanereis littoralis Hutchings & Turvey, 1982 is a secondary junior homonym of Namanereis littoralis Grube, 1872. Thus a new name for the Hutchings & Turvey species is required. [details]
Taxonomy Namanereis littoralis Hutchings & Turvey, 1982 was considered to be part of Namanereis quadraticeps species group by Glasby (1999). [details]
Type locality Mangroves at North Arm, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (gazeteer estimate -34.815°, 138.537°). [details]
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