Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1981. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Kusten unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-subtropischen Westkuste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Suden). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 78: 19-96. page(s): 32-33, figs. 53-58 [details]
additional source
San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Westheide, Wilfried. (2021). The hidden worms on the beach: interstitial Syllidae (Annelida) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 149-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.149 page(s): 152 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Böggemann, M., Hessling, R., & Westheide, W. (2003). Horizontal distribution pattern of the syllid fauna (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the fringing reef lagoon of Anse Forbans (Seychelles, Mahe) and redescription of the abundant Streptosyllis aequiseta. Hydrobiologia 496(1), 17-26. page(s): 21-25, figs. 3-4 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-16485, geounit Australia [details]
Nontype SMF 10361, geounit Seychelles [details]
Nontype SMF 10362, geounit Seychelles [details]
Nontype SMF 10363, geounit Seychelles [details]
Nontype SMF 10364, geounit Seychelles [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral to sublittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Exmouth); Tasmania. Seychelles (Anse Forbans). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet aequiseta is derived from the Latin words aequi, plural of aequus, meaning 'equal', and seta, and refers to the fact that both the short and the long blades of the composed chaetae have the same shape. [details]
Habitat Eulittoral and sublittoral coral reefs flats, among sand, algae, coral rubble, sponges and seagrasses. [details]
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth, Tantabiddi (=Tantabiddy) Creek (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -21.903º, long. 113.984º). [details]
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