WoRMS taxon details

Polycirrus glossochelius Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015

867800  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867800)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17
page(s): 453-456, figs. 8A-I, 9A-H [details]   
Holotype  AM W.47642, geounit Great Barrier Reef  
Holotype AM W.47642, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Note Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island Group, between South and Palfrey Islands (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -14.697º, long. 145.451º).  [details]
Depth range 20 m.  
Depth range 20 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).   
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet glossochelius is composed by the Greek words glosso, meaning 'tongue', and chelius, meaning 'lip', and...  
Etymology The specific epithet glossochelius is composed by the Greek words glosso, meaning 'tongue', and chelius, meaning 'lip', and refers to the tongue-like shape of the lower lip.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus glossochelius Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867800 on 2024-03-29
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original description Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17
page(s): 453-456, figs. 8A-I, 9A-H [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype AM W.47642, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 20 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet glossochelius is composed by the Greek words glosso, meaning 'tongue', and chelius, meaning 'lip', and refers to the tongue-like shape of the lower lip.  [details]

Habitat Coral rubble under rock on reef front, at subtidal depths.  [details]

Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island Group, between South and Palfrey Islands (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -14.697º, long. 145.451º).  [details]