Austropolaria Neal, Barnich, Wiklund & Glover, 2012 
AphiaID: 710671

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Polynoidae (Family) > Macellicephalinae (Subfamily)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
Source		original description: Neal, Lenka; Barnich, Ruth; Wiklund, Helena; Glover, Adrian G. 2012. A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean — a region of high taxonomic novelty. Zootaxa *(3542): 80–88, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3542.html page(s): 82 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Austropolaria magnicirrata Neal, Barnich, Wiklund & Glover, 2012
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Note		Etymology: Austropolaria (Latin for southern pole) refers to the geographical area where the first representatives of the genus were found. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710671
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-11-15 01:02:13Z   created   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G. (2013). Austropolaria Neal, Barnich, Wiklund & Glover, 2012. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710671 on 2013-05-20