Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71. page(s): 30-31, figs. 36-41 [details]
source of synonymy
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 page(s): 165-169, fig. 74 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-20536, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Heron Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pseudopapillata is composed by the Latin word pseudo, meaning 'false' or 'fake', and papillata, inflection of the Latin Word papillatus and meaning 'having nipples or buds', and refers to the presence of dorsal and ventral roundish epidermal structures in all segments, resembling papillae. [details]
Habitat Coral sand in coral reef, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, northern reef (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.436º, long. 151.915º). [details]
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