WoRMS taxon details
Pista turawa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
330790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330790)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 46, fig. 17b-e. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 46, fig. 17b-e. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype AM W200682, geounit New South Wales
Holotype AM W200682, geounit New South Wales [details]
Etymology The specific name turawa refers to the name of an Aboriginal tribe living on the coast just south of Sydney, the Turawal tribe.
Etymology The specific name turawa refers to the name of an Aboriginal tribe living on the coast just south of Sydney, the Turawal tribe. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pista turawa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330790 on 2026-01-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 46, fig. 17b-e. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 46, fig. 17b-e. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W200682, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype AHF Poly 1475, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype AM W200683, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype BMNH ZB. 1986.93-95, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype USNM 99979, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Etymology The specific name turawa refers to the name of an Aboriginal tribe living on the coast just south of Sydney, the Turawal tribe. [details]Habitat Occurs in deep water on the continental slope, living in dense colonies. A few of the tubes opened in the colony contained an ampharetid was present. It is very unusual to find these two families living in such close association. [details]
To Atlas of Living Australia
To Australian Faunal Directory
To GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
To iPhylo
To Life Watch Greece
To NHMUK collection (Pista turawa Hutchings and Glasby, 1988; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3539094)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To Australian Faunal Directory
To GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
To iPhylo
To Life Watch Greece
To NHMUK collection (Pista turawa Hutchings and Glasby, 1988; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3539094)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
From editor or global species database
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