WoRMS taxon details
Pista gwoyarrma Hutchings, 1997
330764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330764)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 155-157, fig. 7A-F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 155-157, fig. 7A-F [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NTM W9551, geounit Darwin Harbour
, Note Frances Bay, Darwin Harbour, Northern...
Holotype NTM W9551, geounit Darwin Harbour [details]
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Type locality Frances Bay, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, Timor Sea (-12.4758°, 130.8214°). [details]
Depth range Subtidal.
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour).
Etymology "The specific name is the word for a feather used by the Larrakia people of Darwin Harbour, the type locality of this...
Depth range Subtidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour).
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour). [details]
Etymology "The specific name is the word for a feather used by the Larrakia people of Darwin Harbour, the type locality of this...
Etymology "The specific name is the word for a feather used by the Larrakia people of Darwin Harbour, the type locality of this species, in reference to the structure of the plume-shaped branchiae" (Hutchings, 1997: 157). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista gwoyarrma Hutchings, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330764 on 2025-12-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 155-157, fig. 7A-F [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 155-157, fig. 7A-F [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NTM W9551, geounit Darwin Harbour [details]
Paratype NTM W9552, geounit Darwin Harbour [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal. [details]Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour). [details]
Etymology "The specific name is the word for a feather used by the Larrakia people of Darwin Harbour, the type locality of this species, in reference to the structure of the plume-shaped branchiae" (Hutchings, 1997: 157). [details]
Habitat Subtidal muddy sediments. [details]
Type locality Frances Bay, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, Timor Sea (-12.4758°, 130.8214°). [details]
