WoRMS taxon details
original description
Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5 page(s): 54, figs. 11-13 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.44443, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 6-9 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island (Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cryptica (masculine: crypticus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'covered' or 'concealed', and refers to the cryptic body colour pattern of the species, matching perfectly the red colour of the sponge with which it was found in association. [details]
Habitat On red sponges, at shallow subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction "Developing female stolon of 14 chaetigers, full of circular oocytes, still attached to parental body. One pair of red eyes ventrally visible, another pair possibly developing, one pair of small anterolateral appendages developing. Four simple chaetae per segment, same as those of parental body, notochaetae absent" (Aguado et al. 2015: 54). [details]
Type locality Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia (-14.6881°, 145.4431°). [details]
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