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Polychaeta taxon detailsAustralospio trifida Blake & Kudenov, 1978
327030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327030)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 39: 171-280., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39441579
page(s): 193-195, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype NMV G2901, geounit Australia
Holotype NMV G2901, geounit Australia [details] type locality contained in Kurnell, Botany Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Botany Bay, Towra Beach (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -34.002º, long. 151.166º). [details]
Depth range Not stated, but probably intertidal to shallow subtidal water.
Depth range Not stated, but probably intertidal to shallow subtidal water. [details] Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Victoria.
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Victoria. [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet trifida is the feminine of the Latin adjective trifidus, meaning 'cleft into three' or...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet trifida is the feminine of the Latin adjective trifidus, meaning 'cleft into three' or 'three-pronged', and presumably refers to the shape of the prostomium of the species, described as being unique among spionids ''in having both a distally pointed prostomium and subdistal lateral prostomial horns'' (Blake & Kudenov, 1978: 195). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Australospio trifida Blake & Kudenov, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327030 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 39: 171-280., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39441579
page(s): 193-195, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMV G2901, geounit Australia [details]
Nontype NMV G2998, geounit Port Phillip Bay [details]
Paratype AM W5006, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype NMV G2904, geounit Australia [details]
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Depth range Not stated, but probably intertidal to shallow subtidal water. [details]Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Victoria. [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet trifida is the feminine of the Latin adjective trifidus, meaning 'cleft into three' or 'three-pronged', and presumably refers to the shape of the prostomium of the species, described as being unique among spionids ''in having both a distally pointed prostomium and subdistal lateral prostomial horns'' (Blake & Kudenov, 1978: 195). [details] Habitat In mud, Zostera and Posidonia beds, at shallow water. [details] Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Botany Bay, Towra Beach (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -34.002º, long. 151.166º). [details] |