Polychaeta name details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150 page(s): 53, fig. 21a-h [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia. page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype WAM 26-84, geounit Lacepede Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago, Lacepede Group; Kimberley region); Northern Territory (Essington). [details]
Etymology Specific name derived from the latin macula spot, (f), referring to the dark pigment spots adorning the abdomen. [details]
Habitat Occurs under rocks, as crevice fauna, and in sandy mud, intertidally. [details]
Homonymy junior primary homonym to Terebella maculata Dalyell, 1853, thus an invalid name. The latter species is currently in Pista. [details]
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