WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Turvey, S. P. (1982). The Nereididae of South Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 106(3): 93-144., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41071833 page(s): 111-113, fig. 7a-d, table 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomy
Holotype AM W.18440, geounit South Australia [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: South Australia. [details]
Etymology "The name refers to the arrangement of the paragnaths in Area VI of the pharynx" (Hutchings & Turvey, 1982: 113). The specific epithet isolata is a New Latin word meaning 'detached' or 'separate', and refers to the presence of a small isolated patch of 2-5 cones in the centre of a continuous row of paragnaths in Group VI. [details]
Habitat Algal holdfasts, coralline algae, in sand, crevice fauna. [details]
Type locality Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, South Australia, Australia (32°48'S, 134°13'E; provided geocoordinates in original description slightly displaced from Speeds Point, corrected here to the estimate -32.932°, 134.126°). [details]
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