original description(ofDiopatra teres Ehlers, 1868)Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162[details]
new combination referencePaxton, Hannelore. (1979). Taxonomy and aspects of the life history of Australian beachworms (Polychaeta: Onuphidae. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 30: 265-294., available online athttps://www.publish.csiro.au/MF/MF9790265 page(s): 271-272, figs. 4-8, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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kingworm, greenhead, bronzehead, bullworms; juveniles: stumpies, standard beachworms and high-tiders