WoRMS taxon details
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Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range Low intertidal. [details]
Distribution New Zealand (Leigh, Lyttleton, Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin, probably widespread). [details]
Etymology "This species of Streblosoma is named after the wife of Ralph Smith, Todd, who accompanied him on his collecting trip to New Zealand and facilitated the preparation of this paper" (Hutchings & Smith, 1997: 328). [details]
Habitat Tubes attached to the undersides of rocks, found between wedged or impacted boulders in the low intertidal zone of semi-exposed coasts and sometimes in similar environments, mixed with mud. [details]
Type locality Leigh Harbor, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°20'S, 174°48'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, corrected here to -36.2887°, 174.8072°). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (AM W22586). [details]
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