Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1981). Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Kusten unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-subtropischen Westkuste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Suden). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 78: 19-96. page(s): 25, figs. 19-27 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
San Martín, G.; Hutchings Pat, A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia. Part. 2. Genera <i>Inermosyllis</i>, <i>Megasyllis</i> n. gen., <i>Opisthosyllis</i>, and <i>Trypanosyllis</i>. Zootaxa 1840: 1-53 page(s): 32-34, figs. 23E, 24A-D, 25A-F, 26A-D [details]
Holotype ZMH P-16476, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal and shallow depths (5 m). [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Cervantes and Beacon Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet simpliseta refers to the presence of a thick simple chaeta, due to the loss of the blade, in the middle and posterior segments. [details]
Habitat Among seagrasses and dead corals. [details]
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Cervantes (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -30.5º, long. 115.06º). [details]
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