Polychaeta name details
Ammotrypane gigantea Rullier, 1965
326298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326298)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rullier, François. (1965). Contribution à la faune des annélides polychètes de l'Australie. <em>University of Queensland Papers. Department of Zoology.</em> 2(9): 163-201., available online at https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:396526
page(s): 190-191, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 190-191, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W.3789, geounit Moreton Bay
, Note Moreton Bay, "3 miles southwest of M3 red...
Holotype AM W.3789, geounit Moreton Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Moreton Bay, "3 miles southwest of M3 red beacon", (27°17'S, 153°15'E; -27.283°, 153.250°), Queensland, Australia. Geolocation from W.3789 record at Australian Museum, but may be a generic location for Moreton Bay. [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W.3789). A specimen referred by Solís-Weiss et al. (2004: S10) as a 'syntype' (but being probably a paratype) is deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN POLY TYPE 827). [details]
Depth range Not stated, probably intertidal to shallow water: "La plupart des échantillons proviennent des environs de Brisbane. Ils...
Distribution Australia: Moreton Bay (Queensland).
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet gigantea is a Latin adjective meaning 'giant', and...
Depth range Not stated, probably intertidal to shallow water: "La plupart des échantillons proviennent des environs de Brisbane. Ils ont été soit dragués à faible profondeur, soit récoltés à marée basse dans les zostères" (Rullier, 1965: 163). [details]
Distribution Australia: Moreton Bay (Queensland).
Distribution Australia: Moreton Bay (Queensland). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet gigantea is a Latin adjective meaning 'giant', and...
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet gigantea is a Latin adjective meaning 'giant', and refers to the big size of the species: "La grande taille et le nombre élévé des sétigères de cette espèce sont remarquables" (Rullier, 1965: 191). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Ammotrypane gigantea Rullier, 1965. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326298 on 2025-04-29
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Rullier, François. (1965). Contribution à la faune des annélides polychètes de l'Australie. <em>University of Queensland Papers. Department of Zoology.</em> 2(9): 163-201., available online at https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:396526
page(s): 190-191, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Day, J. H.; Hutchings, P. (1979). An annotated check-list of Australian and New Zealand Polychaeta, Archiannelida and Myzostomida. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 32(3): 80-161., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.32.1979.203
page(s): 129 [details]
page(s): 190-191, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Day, J. H.; Hutchings, P. (1979). An annotated check-list of Australian and New Zealand Polychaeta, Archiannelida and Myzostomida. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 32(3): 80-161., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.32.1979.203
page(s): 129 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.3789, geounit Moreton Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, probably intertidal to shallow water: "La plupart des échantillons proviennent des environs de Brisbane. Ils ont été soit dragués à faible profondeur, soit récoltés à marée basse dans les zostères" (Rullier, 1965: 163). [details]Distribution Australia: Moreton Bay (Queensland). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet gigantea is a Latin adjective meaning 'giant', and refers to the big size of the species: "La grande taille et le nombre élévé des sétigères de cette espèce sont remarquables" (Rullier, 1965: 191). [details]
Habitat Mud, probably at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Moreton Bay, "3 miles southwest of M3 red beacon", (27°17'S, 153°15'E; -27.283°, 153.250°), Queensland, Australia. Geolocation from W.3789 record at Australian Museum, but may be a generic location for Moreton Bay. [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W.3789). A specimen referred by Solís-Weiss et al. (2004: S10) as a 'syntype' (but being probably a paratype) is deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN POLY TYPE 827). [details]
