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Polychaeta taxon detailsOphelia elongata Hutchings & Murray, 1984
330170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330170)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101
page(s): 77, fig. 22.1 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype AM W.8812, geounit New South Wales
Holotype AM W.8812, geounit New South Wales [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Burwood Beach, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -32.959°, 151.743°), subtidal, sandy surf beach. [details]
Depth range Subtidal.
Depth range Subtidal. [details] Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Belmont Beach; Burwood Beach; Dolls Point; Merewether Beach; Trial Bay).
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Belmont Beach; Burwood Beach; Dolls Point; Merewether Beach; Trial Bay). [details] Etymology The specific epithet elongata is the feminine of the Latin participle elongatus, meaning 'prolonged'or 'elongated', and...
Etymology The specific epithet elongata is the feminine of the Latin participle elongatus, meaning 'prolonged'or 'elongated', and refers to the elongate nature of the prostomium and peristomium. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelia elongata Hutchings & Murray, 1984. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330170 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101
page(s): 77, fig. 22.1 [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.8812, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype LACM AHF POLY 1416, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1983.1742, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype USNM 81492, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal. [details]Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Belmont Beach; Burwood Beach; Dolls Point; Merewether Beach; Trial Bay). [details] Etymology The specific epithet elongata is the feminine of the Latin participle elongatus, meaning 'prolonged'or 'elongated', and refers to the elongate nature of the prostomium and peristomium. [details] Habitat Sandy subtidal surf beaches. [details] Type locality Burwood Beach, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -32.959°, 151.743°), subtidal, sandy surf beach. [details] |