Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Smith, Ralph I. (1997). Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and Australia. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 324-349., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00014 page(s): 336-338, fig. 6a-e [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.22585, geounit Mathesons Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal level, between ca. 0.3 to 0.4 m. [details]
Distribution New Zealand: Mathesons Bay, near Leigh (Auckland, North Island). [details]
Etymology "The specific name refers to the well-marked annulated rings on the branches of the branchiae and is the Latin word for bracelet" (Hutchings & Smith, 1997: 338). [details]
Habitat In soft, sandy tubes, between embedded, firmly impacted boulders, at intertidal level. [details]
Type locality Mathesons Bay, near Leigh, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°18.5'S, 174°48.2'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to -36.3028°, 174.7974°). [details]
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