WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hutchings, Pat. (1997). The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. pages 459-501, 10 figures, 4 tables. In: Wells, Fred E. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth. page(s): 489-498, figs. 9A-B, 10A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W22558, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22417, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22560, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22561, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22562, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype LACM AHF POLY 1726, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1995.1598, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype USNM 171066, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype WAM 100-95, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 12-40 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Randall Owens, Fisheries Inspector of the Western Australian Fisheries Department for the Abrolhos Islands, ''who greatly facilitated the [Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands] Workshop and acted as a dive buddy on numerous occasions'' (Hutchings, 1997: 498). [details]
Habitat Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, and amongst dead coral substrata covered, at subtidal to shelf depths. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W22558). [details]
Type locality Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°23.99'S, 113°46.73'E), 39 m, scallop beds, shell debris. [details]
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