Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1979). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). Teil 2. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. (Teil 2 und Teil 3). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 76: 77-218. page(s): 148-149, figs. 352-354 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia. page(s): 139 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185 page(s): 336, fig. 7a-c, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH P-15532, geounit Broome [details]
Paratype ZMH P-15533, geounit Broome [details]
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour; Port Essington); Western Australia (Broome; Cape Lambert). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet broomensis refers to the type locality of the species, Broome (Western Australia, Australia). [details]
Habitat Intertidal mud and sand flats with ripple marks and plant debris. [details]
Type locality Broome, tidal flat near town, 500 m from an Avicennia mangrove, Western Australia, Australia, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate -17.9741°, 122.2302°). [details]
Type material Type material deposited at the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Germany (holotype ZMH P-15532 and paratype ZMH P-15533). [details]
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