WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Straughan, Dale. (1967). Marine Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(1): 201-261., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=ZO9670201 page(s): 227-228, fig. 10a-h; note: verified original spelling was 'nodosa' [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology Not stated, but H. nodosa is likely named for the internal “rounded projection” at the base of each verticil spine, from the adjective nodosus -a -um ‘knotty’. [details]
Type locality Tannum Sands, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, -23.93°, 151.37° (map estimate fide Australian Museum holotype W.4013 catalogue record). [details]
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