WoRMS taxon details
Procerastea simpliseta Hartmann-Schröder, 1990
331164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331164)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1990). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen und tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Süden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 15. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 87: 41-87.
page(s): 58; note: figures in Hartmann-Schröder (1989), as Procerastea sp. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 58; note: figures in Hartmann-Schröder (1989), as Procerastea sp. [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMH P-19971, geounit Australia
, Note Australia, New South Wales, Maclean, rocky...
Holotype ZMH P-19971, geounit Australia [details]
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Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Maclean, rocky shore on the southern outskirts of Yamba (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -29.4536º, long. 153.3633º), on algal pads, eulittoral. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution South West Pacific: Australia (New South wales).
Etymology The specific epithet simpliseta is composed by the Latin adjective simpli, form of simplus and meaning 'simple', and the...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution South West Pacific: Australia (New South wales).
Distribution South West Pacific: Australia (New South wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet simpliseta is composed by the Latin adjective simpli, form of simplus and meaning 'simple', and the...
Etymology The specific epithet simpliseta is composed by the Latin adjective simpli, form of simplus and meaning 'simple', and the Latin noun seta, alternative form of saeta and meaning 'bristle', and seems to make reference to the presence of only simple chaetae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Procerastea simpliseta Hartmann-Schröder, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331164 on 2025-11-13
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Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1990). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen und tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Süden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 15. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 87: 41-87.
page(s): 58; note: figures in Hartmann-Schröder (1989), as Procerastea sp. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 58; note: figures in Hartmann-Schröder (1989), as Procerastea sp. [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): 98, fig. 43A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 98, fig. 43A-C [details] Available for editors
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Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1989). Die polychaeten der antiborealen und subtropisch-tropischen Küste Südost-Australiens zwischen Lakes Entrance (Victoria) im Süden und Maclean (New South Wales) im Norden. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 14. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 86: 11-63.
page(s): 34-35, figs. 56-58; note: as Procerastea sp. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 34-35, figs. 56-58; note: as Procerastea sp. [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 South West Pacific: Australia (New South wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet simpliseta is composed by the Latin adjective simpli, form of simplus and meaning 'simple', and the Latin noun seta, alternative form of saeta and meaning 'bristle', and seems to make reference to the presence of only simple chaetae. [details]
Habitat Amongst algae on intertidal rocky shores. [details]
Reproduction Schizogamy by anterior scissiparity behind chaetiger 13. Female stolon (Sacconereis) with swimming chaetae between chaetiger 7-17 and dorsal cirri from chaetiger 6-15. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Maclean, rocky shore on the southern outskirts of Yamba (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -29.4536º, long. 153.3633º), on algal pads, eulittoral. [details]
