WoRMS taxon details
Exogone fustifera Haswell, 1920
327975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327975)
accepted
Species
Exogone spinisetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haswell, W.A. (1920). The Exogoneae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 34: 217-245, plates 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34986240
page(s): 218-219, plate 17 figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 218-219, plate 17 figs. 1-6 [details]
Note Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson...
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Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.86º, long. 151.24º). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water.
Distribution Australia: Port Jackson, Port Stephens, and Broken Bay (New South Wales).
Etymology The specific epithet fustifera, composed by the Latin noun fustis, meaning 'club' or 'knobbed stick', and the Latin suffix...
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: Port Jackson, Port Stephens, and Broken Bay (New South Wales).
Distribution Australia: Port Jackson, Port Stephens, and Broken Bay (New South Wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet fustifera, composed by the Latin noun fustis, meaning 'club' or 'knobbed stick', and the Latin suffix...
Etymology The specific epithet fustifera, composed by the Latin noun fustis, meaning 'club' or 'knobbed stick', and the Latin suffix -fer, meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry', refers to the shape of the antennae, which "are very slender except towards the end, where there is a marked dilation" (Haswell, 1920: 218). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Exogone fustifera Haswell, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327975 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Haswell, W.A. (1920). The Exogoneae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 34: 217-245, plates 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34986240
page(s): 218-219, plate 17 figs. 1-6 [details]
original description (of Exogone spinisetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1981). Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Kusten unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-subtropischen Westkuste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Suden). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 78: 19-96.
page(s): 39-40, figs. 77-79 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 218-219, plate 17 figs. 1-6 [details]
original description (of Exogone spinisetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1981). Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Kusten unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-subtropischen Westkuste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Suden). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 78: 19-96.
page(s): 39-40, figs. 77-79 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Westheide, Wilfried. (2021). The hidden worms on the beach: interstitial Syllidae (Annelida) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 149-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.149
page(s): 155; note: Records for Otago, New Zealand, from 7 m in sand [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 155; note: Records for Otago, New Zealand, from 7 m in sand [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]Distribution Australia: Port Jackson, Port Stephens, and Broken Bay (New South Wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet fustifera, composed by the Latin noun fustis, meaning 'club' or 'knobbed stick', and the Latin suffix -fer, meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry', refers to the shape of the antennae, which "are very slender except towards the end, where there is a marked dilation" (Haswell, 1920: 218). [details]
Habitat Among intertidal to shallow water algae and sponges. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.86º, long. 151.24º). [details]
