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WoRMS name detailsLitancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977
328849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328849)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Litancyra Hutchings, 1977 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850
marine,
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1977). Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 31(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.232
page(s): 10, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype AM W.6825, geounit Moreton Bay
Holotype AM W.6825, geounit Moreton Bay [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay, dredged from Serpentine Creek, 2.1 km upstream (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -27.365º, long. 153.122º). If the estimated location it correct, the type locality was covered by the new runway of Brisbane Airport, and does not exist anymore. [details]
Depth range 2 m.
Depth range 2 m. [details] Distribution Australia: Queensland (Moreton Bay); New South Wales (Belmont Beach).
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Moreton Bay); New South Wales (Belmont Beach). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet octoseta is composed by the Latin numeral octo, meaning 'eight', and the Latin noun seta,...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet octoseta is composed by the Latin numeral octo, meaning 'eight', and the Latin noun seta, alternative form of saeta and meaning 'bristle', and presumably refers to the eight pairs of prominent projecting notopodia present in the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328849 on 2024-05-01
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original description
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1977). Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 31(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.232
page(s): 10, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors [request] new combination reference Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185 page(s): 339, fig. 8g-l, 12D; note: as Polycirrus octoseta [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.6825, geounit Moreton Bay [details]
Paratype AM W.8127, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Queensland (Moreton Bay); New South Wales (Belmont Beach). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet octoseta is composed by the Latin numeral octo, meaning 'eight', and the Latin noun seta, alternative form of saeta and meaning 'bristle', and presumably refers to the eight pairs of prominent projecting notopodia present in the species. [details] Habitat Sandy grounds, at shallow water. [details] Type locality Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay, dredged from Serpentine Creek, 2.1 km upstream (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -27.365º, long. 153.122º). If the estimated location it correct, the type locality was covered by the new runway of Brisbane Airport, and does not exist anymore. [details] |
