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Polychaeta taxon detailsSpiophanes modestus Meißner & Hutchings, 2003
332095 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332095)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Meißner, Karin and Hutchings, Patricia A. 2003. Spiophanes species (polychaeta: Spionidae) from eastern Australia: with descriptions of new species, new records and an emended generic diagosis. Records of the Australian Museum, 55(2): 117-140.
page(s): 120-123, figs. 2D, 3 [details]
Holotype AM W28192, geounit Australia
Holotype AM W28192, geounit Australia [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, New South Wales (marine), Hawkesbury River, Juno Head-Hungry Beach (33º34.5'S, 151º16.5'E). [details]
Depth range 2-30 m.
Depth range 2-30 m. [details] Distribution Australia: Queensland and New South Wales.
Distribution Australia: Queensland and New South Wales. [details] Etymology The specific epithet modestus is a Latin adjective meaning 'modest', and refers to the sparse development of parapodial...
Etymology The specific epithet modestus is a Latin adjective meaning 'modest', and refers to the sparse development of parapodial postchaetal lobes in anterior chaetigers, to the small antenna and in general to the small size of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spiophanes modestus Meißner & Hutchings, 2003. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332095 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Meißner, Karin and Hutchings, Patricia A. 2003. Spiophanes species (polychaeta: Spionidae) from eastern Australia: with descriptions of new species, new records and an emended generic diagosis. Records of the Australian Museum, 55(2): 117-140.
page(s): 120-123, figs. 2D, 3 [details] 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]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W28192, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype AM W196355, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype AM W196359, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype AM W196361, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype W196350, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2-30 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Queensland and New South Wales. [details] Etymology The specific epithet modestus is a Latin adjective meaning 'modest', and refers to the sparse development of parapodial postchaetal lobes in anterior chaetigers, to the small antenna and in general to the small size of the species. [details] Habitat Shallow water areas down to 30 m depth, in all types of sediment. [details] Reproduction Gravid specimens observed from January to March (specimens AM W14635, W14638). [details] Type locality Australia, New South Wales (marine), Hawkesbury River, Juno Head-Hungry Beach (33º34.5'S, 151º16.5'E). [details] |