Polychaeta taxon details
original description
San Martín, Guillermo; Hutchings, Pat; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia. (2026). Autolytinae (Annelida, Syllidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5830(1): 1-85., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5830.1.1 page(s): 29, figures 22, 23; note: on macroalga Curdilea crassa, South of Bateman’s Bay, north of Burrewarra Point, NSW Australia, -35.8317, 150.1961 (35° 49’ 54” S, 150° 11’ 46” E), 20 m. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.41667, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Etymology Paraproceraea werrup is named for the mainly red ochre colour pattern, although the figures do not show this. The name 'werrup', derives from an Aboriginal term meaning “red ochre”, The name is assumed to be an unchanging, unlatinized, noun in apposition. [details]
Type locality AM W.41667, on macroalga Curdilea crassa, South of Bateman’s Bay, north of Burrewarra Point, NSW Australia, -35.8317, 150.1961 (35° 49’ 54” S, 150° 11’ 46” E), 20 m [details]
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