Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17 page(s): 475-477, figs. 1D-E, 5B-F, 22A-J [details]
Holotype NTM W.23159, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Paratype AM W.44612, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet oculeus is a Latin adjective meaning 'full of eyes', and refers to the presence of numerous eyes in the species, with one pair of red eyespots being visible near the tip of all tentacles in live material. [details]
Habitat Coral rubble, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, off SW Palfrey Island (14º41'39.408''S, 145º26'29.724''E). [details]
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