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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Haswell, William A. (1886). Observation on some Australian Polychaeta. Part I. [ section headings: I. Syllidae. II. Staurocephalus. III. Eulalia. IV. Psamathe. IV. Siphonostoma. V. Halla.]. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10(4): 733-756, plates L-LV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6598060 page(s): 746-747, plate LII figs. 4-6 [details]
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Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888 page(s): 195-197, text-fig. 21a-c, plate III fig. 22; note: as Syllis (Typosyllis) zonata [details]
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Distribution Port Jackson (New South Wales), Australia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet zonata is the Latin word for 'belted' or 'girdled', and refers to the coloration of the species, with numerous narrow transverse purple bands, two on the dorsal surface of each segment. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson (geocoordinates not provided but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.853º, long. 151.254º). [details]
Type material Not known to exist, probably lost or never retained. [details]
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