WoRMS taxon details
Prionospio multicristata Hutchings & Rainer, 1979
331136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331136)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, P.; Rainer, S. (1979). The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 13(6): 745-796., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222937900770561
page(s): 768-771, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 768-771, fig. 5 [details]
Holotype AM W8273, geounit Careel Bay
, Note Pacific Ocean, Australia, New South Wales,...
Holotype AM W8273, geounit Careel Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Australia, New South Wales, Pittwater, Careel Bay (33º37'S, 151º20'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to approximately lat. -33.617º, long. 151.323º) [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W8273). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 16 m.
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; Northern Territory.
Etymology The specific epithet multicristata is composed by the prefix of Latin origin multi-, meaning 'many', 'much' or 'multiple',...
Depth range Intertidal to 16 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; Northern Territory.
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; Northern Territory. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet multicristata is composed by the prefix of Latin origin multi-, meaning 'many', 'much' or 'multiple',...
Etymology The specific epithet multicristata is composed by the prefix of Latin origin multi-, meaning 'many', 'much' or 'multiple', and the Latin adjective cristata, feminine of cristatus and meaning 'crested' or 'having a tuft or crest', and refers to the large number of segments of the species possessing dorsal crests (from chaetiger 7 to about chaetiger 30). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio multicristata Hutchings & Rainer, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331136 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Hutchings, P.; Rainer, S. (1979). The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 13(6): 745-796., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222937900770561
page(s): 768-771, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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redescription Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 666-669, figs. 20-21 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 768-771, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 666-669, figs. 20-21 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W8273, geounit Careel Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 16 m. [details]Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; Northern Territory. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet multicristata is composed by the prefix of Latin origin multi-, meaning 'many', 'much' or 'multiple', and the Latin adjective cristata, feminine of cristatus and meaning 'crested' or 'having a tuft or crest', and refers to the large number of segments of the species possessing dorsal crests (from chaetiger 7 to about chaetiger 30). [details]
Habitat Fine coral sand and Posidonia beds, intertidal to subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction Gonochoristic. Both female and male gametes develop from chaetiger 12 to chaetigers 50-62. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Australia, New South Wales, Pittwater, Careel Bay (33º37'S, 151º20'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to approximately lat. -33.617º, long. 151.323º) [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W8273). [details]
