Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Capa, Maria; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including the description of two new species and reproductive notes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 168-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.9 page(s): 176, figures 2E, F, 4, 5, 6; note: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, beach near research station, 14°40'43"S, 145°26'50"E, intertidal, [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.47516, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The Sphaerodoropsis plurituberculata description has no authorial etymological explanation. The authors forgot to include one. The species appears to be named for the multiple rows of dorsal tubercles, in four transverse rows per segment. [details]
Type locality Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, beach near research station, -14.6786 S, 145.4472 E (14°40'43"S, 145°26'50"E), intertidal [details]
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