Polychaeta taxon details
original description
San Martín, G.; Hutchings, P.A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia. Part 1. Genera <i>Branchiosyllis</i>, <i>Eurysyllis</i>, <i>Karroonsyllis</i>, <i>Parasphaerosyllis</i>, <i>Plakosyllis</i>, <i>Rhopalosyllis</i>, <i>Tetrapalpia</i> n.gen., and <i>Xenosyllis</i>. Records of the Australian Museum 60: 119-160 page(s): 122-123, fig. 1A-D, 2A-E [details]
additional source
Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5 page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.30088, geounit Western Australia (state) [details]
Nontype AM W.41623, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 11 m. [details]
Distribution Australia (north Western Australia; Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet derives from two Aboriginal words, Baringa, meaning light, and Booren, meaning dark, in reference to the distinctive colour pattern of the species. [details]
Habitat In sand and amongst coral rubble, in intertidal to shallow subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Bernouli Island (15º00'S, 124º47'E). [details]
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