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Polychaeta taxon details

Polycirrus nephrosus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986

330881  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330881)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 338-339, figs. 8a-f, 12E [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  AM W199641, geounit Port Hacking  
Holotype AM W199641, geounit Port Hacking [details]
Note Ship Rock, Port Hacking, New South Wales,...  
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Type locality Ship Rock, Port Hacking, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific Ocean (-34.0717°, 151.1283°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 10 m.  
Depth range Intertidal to 10 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Western Australia; New South Wales; Queensland.  
Distribution Australia: Western Australia; New South Wales; Queensland. [details]

Etymology "The specific name refers to the large number of nephridial papillae present" (Huchings & Glasby, 1986: 339).   
Etymology "The specific name refers to the large number of nephridial papillae present" (Huchings & Glasby, 1986: 339).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus nephrosus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330881 on 2024-04-16
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original description Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 338-339, figs. 8a-f, 12E [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype AM W199641, geounit Port Hacking [details]
Paratype AM W199642, geounit Towra Point [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1985.228, geounit King George Sound [details]
Paratype QM G4056, geounit Moreton Bay [details]
Paratype USNM 098823, geounit Port Gregory [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 10 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Western Australia; New South Wales; Queensland. [details]

Etymology "The specific name refers to the large number of nephridial papillae present" (Huchings & Glasby, 1986: 339).  [details]

Habitat In association with sponges, soft and hard corals, empty mussel shells, and algae, from intertidal to shallow subtidal depths. [details]

Holotype Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W199641). [details]

Type locality Ship Rock, Port Hacking, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific Ocean (-34.0717°, 151.1283°). [details]