WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrus disjunctus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
330871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330871)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 336-338, figs. 7d-l, 12D, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 336-338, figs. 7d-l, 12D, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W199632, geounit New South Wales
, Note Solitary Island [South West Solitary Island,...
Holotype AM W199632, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Type locality Solitary Island [South West Solitary Island, according to OZCAM database], New South Wales, Australia (29°56'S, 153°25'E) [provided geocoordinates seem to be misplaced, OZCAM states -30.216°, 153.266°]. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 15 m.
Distribution Australia: New South Wales.
Etymology "The specific name is derived from the latin disjunctus meaning separate, distinct, different, remote referring to the...
Depth range Intertidal to 15 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales.
Distribution Australia: New South Wales. [details]
Etymology "The specific name is derived from the latin disjunctus meaning separate, distinct, different, remote referring to the...
Etymology "The specific name is derived from the latin disjunctus meaning separate, distinct, different, remote referring to the separate occurrence of the two types of setae, one from the anterior and one from subsequent notopodial fascicles" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 338). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus disjunctus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330871 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 336-338, figs. 7d-l, 12D, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 336-338, figs. 7d-l, 12D, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1
page(s): 48, fig. 23a-i, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W199632, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype AM W199633, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype AM W199634, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype USNM 098822, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 15 m. [details]Distribution Australia: New South Wales. [details]
Etymology "The specific name is derived from the latin disjunctus meaning separate, distinct, different, remote referring to the separate occurrence of the two types of setae, one from the anterior and one from subsequent notopodial fascicles" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 338). [details]
Habitat Rocky substrata, associated with ascidians, and also on algal mat exposed to surf, intertidal to shallow subtidal. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W199632). [details]
Type locality Solitary Island [South West Solitary Island, according to OZCAM database], New South Wales, Australia (29°56'S, 153°25'E) [provided geocoordinates seem to be misplaced, OZCAM states -30.216°, 153.266°]. [details]
To NHMUK collection (Polycirrus disjunctus Hutchings and Glasby, 1986; paratype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3539036)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
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