Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22 page(s): 649-653, figs. 8-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.45273, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-16 m. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology "The species is named in honour of Dr Anne Hoggett, a co-director (with her husband Dr Lyle Vail) of the Lizard Island Research Station, an avid enthusiast of marine biology and coral reef protection." (Radashevsky, 2015: 653) [details]
Habitat Coral sand and coral rubble, at subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction Gonochoristic. Females with oocytes from chaetiger 10 to 45-48, males with spermatozoa from chaetiger 11 to 50-60. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, North Point, Mermaid Cove (14º38'46''S, 145º27'13''E). [details]
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