WoRMS name details
Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971
330889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330889)
unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (incorrect original spelling, gender agreement requires ‘porcatus’)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knox, G. A. and Cameron, D. B. 1971. Port Phillip Bay Survey 1957-1963, Victoria, Australia. Part 2(4) Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 32: 21-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39191497
page(s): 36, figs. 30-31 [details]
page(s): 36, figs. 30-31 [details]
Holotype NMV F 41757, geounit Port Phillip Bay
, Note Australia, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria
Holotype NMV F 41757, geounit Port Phillip Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria [details]
Depth range Intertidal to about 100 m.
Distribution Australia: Victoria; Bass Strait; Tasmania.
Depth range Intertidal to about 100 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Victoria; Bass Strait; Tasmania.
Distribution Australia: Victoria; Bass Strait; Tasmania. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330889 on 2025-10-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Knox, G. A. and Cameron, D. B. 1971. Port Phillip Bay Survey 1957-1963, Victoria, Australia. Part 2(4) Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 32: 21-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39191497
page(s): 36, figs. 30-31 [details]
page(s): 36, figs. 30-31 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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): 341-343, figs. 10a-d, 12F, table 1; note: redescription based on holotype [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 341-343, figs. 10a-d, 12F, table 1; note: redescription based on holotype [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMV F 41757, geounit Port Phillip Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to about 100 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Victoria; Bass Strait; Tasmania. [details]
Habitat Sheltered bays and on the continental shelf, mainy in soft sediments ranging from silty clay-sand to sandy gravel and coarse shells. Also associated with the seagrass Posidonia in some shallow water areas. [details]
Type locality Australia, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Museum of Victoria, Melbourne [details]
