WoRMS taxon details
Asterophilia carlae Hanley, 1989
326679 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326679)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 27-31, figs. 13A-G, 14A-G, colour plate figs. C-F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 27-31, figs. 13A-G, 14A-G, colour plate figs. C-F [details] Available for editors
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Etymology named after the author's daughter Carla Hanley in honour of her 7th birthday.
Etymology named after the author's daughter Carla Hanley in honour of her 7th birthday. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Asterophilia carlae Hanley, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326679 on 2026-10-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 27-31, figs. 13A-G, 14A-G, colour plate figs. C-F [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 27-31, figs. 13A-G, 14A-G, colour plate figs. C-F [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Tseng, Li-Chun; Limviriyakul, Parinya; Hwang, Jiang-Shiou. (2022). Macrosymbionts of starfish Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840) in the waters of a volcanic western Pacific island. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 17(11): e0278288: 1-15., available online at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/citation?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278288
note: Symbiont record for Taiwan of Asterophilia carlae [details]
note: Symbiont record for Taiwan of Asterophilia carlae [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NTMAG W 5265, geounit Fiji [details]
