WoRMS taxon details
Procerastea australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1987
331158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331158)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Western und Port Welshpool im Osten). Teil 13 . IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 84: 27-66.
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Holotype ZMH P-18863, geounit Australia
, Type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) , Note Australia, Victoria, Point Lonsdale (near...
Holotype ZMH P-18863, geounit Australia [details]
type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) [details]
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Type locality Australia, Victoria, Point Lonsdale (near Geelong), erosion terrace off the lighthouse, lee side (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -38.292º, long. 144.615º). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Australia: Victoria (Point Lonsdale and Wilsons Promontory).
Etymology The specific epithet australiensis refers to the type locality of the species, Australia.
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Victoria (Point Lonsdale and Wilsons Promontory).
Distribution Australia: Victoria (Point Lonsdale and Wilsons Promontory). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet australiensis refers to the type locality of the species, Australia.
Etymology The specific epithet australiensis refers to the type locality of the species, Australia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Procerastea australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331158 on 2026-01-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Western und Port Welshpool im Osten). Teil 13 . IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 84: 27-66.
page(s): 45-46, figs. 23-31 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 45-46, figs. 23-31 [details] Available for editors
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Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 93-94, fig. 40A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 93-94, fig. 40A-C [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Australia: Victoria (Point Lonsdale and Wilsons Promontory). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet australiensis refers to the type locality of the species, Australia. [details]
Habitat Amongst intertidal algae and crusts. [details]
Type locality Australia, Victoria, Point Lonsdale (near Geelong), erosion terrace off the lighthouse, lee side (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -38.292º, long. 144.615º). [details]
