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Polychaeta taxon detailsGyptis polymorpha Pleijel, Rouse & Nygren, 2009
743626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743626)
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Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.; Nygren, A. (2009). Five colour morphs and three new species of <i>Gyptis</i> (Hesionidae, Annelida) under a jetty in Edithburgh, South Australia. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38(1): 89-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00356.x
page(s): 98 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype SAMA SAM E3688, verbatimGeounit Edithburgh...
Holotype SAMA SAM E3688, verbatimGeounit Edithburgh jetty, Gu... [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Edithburgh jetty, Gulf St. Vincent, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, 35°05.172?S, 137°44.825?E (-35.0862, 137.7471), 3–5 m. [details]
Description Identical to G. simpsonorum except for pigmentation. Occurs in three different colour patterns, ‘form C’ with about...
Description Identical to G. simpsonorum except for pigmentation. Occurs in three different colour patterns, ‘form C’ with about four dark transverse stripes dorsally on each segment (Fig. 1C), ‘form D’ with a dark, thin longitudinal band mid-dorsally (Fig. 1D), and ‘form E’ with the whole dorsum (excluding parapodia) covered by black pigment (Fig. 1E). [details] Etymology named for the multiple colour morphs.
Etymology named for the multiple colour morphs. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Gyptis polymorpha Pleijel, Rouse & Nygren, 2009. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743626 on 2024-05-01
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Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.; Nygren, A. (2009). Five colour morphs and three new species of <i>Gyptis</i> (Hesionidae, Annelida) under a jetty in Edithburgh, South Australia. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38(1): 89-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00356.x
page(s): 98 [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMA SAM E3688, verbatimGeounit Edithburgh jetty, Gu... [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Identical to G. simpsonorum except for pigmentation. Occurs in three different colour patterns, ‘form C’ with about four dark transverse stripes dorsally on each segment (Fig. 1C), ‘form D’ with a dark, thin longitudinal band mid-dorsally (Fig. 1D), and ‘form E’ with the whole dorsum (excluding parapodia) covered by black pigment (Fig. 1E). [details]Etymology named for the multiple colour morphs. [details] Holotype Holotype divided between SIO (USA) and SAM (Australia), with anterior part preserved in formalin (SAM E3688), posterior part in 95% ethanol (SIO-BIC A1050, ‘spm 1’), [details] Type locality Edithburgh jetty, Gulf St. Vincent, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, 35°05.172?S, 137°44.825?E (-35.0862, 137.7471), 3–5 m. [details] |