WoRMS taxon details
Streblosoma dytikos Hutchings & Glasby, 1990
332330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332330)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A. and Glasby, C.J. 1990. Additional new species of the family Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Western Australia, with a key to all described species of the region, in F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman and R. Lethbridge eds., Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum, p. 251-289.
page(s): 259-260, fig. 1a-e [details]
page(s): 259-260, fig. 1a-e [details]
Holotype AM W203511, geounit King George Sound
, Note Frenchman's Bay, King George Sound, Western...
Holotype AM W203511, geounit King George Sound [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Frenchman's Bay, King George Sound, Western Australia, Australia (35°05'S, 117°57'E), 15 m. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to shallow subtidal (20 m).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago; Kimberley region; King George Sound).
Etymology The specific epithet dytikos ifsfrom the Greek word for 'western', referring to the distribution of the species, in Western...
Depth range Intertidal to shallow subtidal (20 m). [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago; Kimberley region; King George Sound).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago; Kimberley region; King George Sound). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet dytikos ifsfrom the Greek word for 'western', referring to the distribution of the species, in Western...
Etymology The specific epithet dytikos ifsfrom the Greek word for 'western', referring to the distribution of the species, in Western Australia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Streblosoma dytikos Hutchings & Glasby, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332330 on 2026-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A. and Glasby, C.J. 1990. Additional new species of the family Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Western Australia, with a key to all described species of the region, in F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman and R. Lethbridge eds., Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum, p. 251-289.
page(s): 259-260, fig. 1a-e [details]
page(s): 259-260, fig. 1a-e [details]
Other
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 143 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 143 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Holotype AM W203511, geounit King George Sound [details]
Paratype AM W203512, geounit Kimberley [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1989.256, geounit Dampier Archipelago [details]
Paratype USNM 122754, geounit Dampier Archipelago [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to shallow subtidal (20 m). [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago; Kimberley region; King George Sound). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet dytikos ifsfrom the Greek word for 'western', referring to the distribution of the species, in Western Australia. [details]
Habitat Intertidally to shallow subtidal, among crevices on rock platforms, and subtidally among coral rubble. [details]
Type locality Frenchman's Bay, King George Sound, Western Australia, Australia (35°05'S, 117°57'E), 15 m. [details]