Polychaeta taxon details
original description
(of Autolytus prolifer australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1982) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1982). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-antiborealen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Cervantes im Norden und Cape Naturaliste im Süden). Teil 8. IN: Gesa Hartmann-Schröder and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 79: 51-118. page(s): 75-76, figs. 73-75 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Autolytus devaneyi Hartmann-Schröder, 1992) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1992). Zur Polychaetenfauna der Polynesischen Inseln Huahiné (Gesellschafts inseln) und Rangiroa (Tuamotu-Inseln). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 49-84. page(s): 62, figs. 26-29 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf page(s): 119-120, fig. 56A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution East Indian Ocean, South Pacific. West and east Australia, French Polynesia. [details]
Habitat Amongst intertidal algae. [details]
Taxonomy Myrianida australiensis was originally described as a subspecies of Autolytus prolifer by Hartmann-Schröder (1982), and was later re-described as A. devaneyi by the same author (Hartmann-Schröder, 1992). According to Nygren (2004) the reason for this was probably due to that M. australiensis was originally wrongly interpreted as having 10 teeth in the trepan, and nuchal epaulettes reaching the end of chaetiger 1, while A. devaneyi was described with 14 teeth and nuchal epaulettes reaching the end of chaetiger 3. [details]
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