Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Brevibrachium maculatum (Estcourt, 1966)

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Species Brevibrachium maculatum (Estcourt, 1966)

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  • New Zealand
    • North Island

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, supralittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal to 60 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Rhamphobrachium chuni.
—Augener, H. 1924. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 18. Polychaeta II. Polychäten von Neuseeland I: Errantia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 75: 241–441 [412].

Citations

Rhamphobrachium maculatum.
—Smith, B.J. & Jensz, R.L. 1968. Unusual mode of reproduction in a new species of polychaete. Nature (London) 218: 777–777 [777].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 23-Jul-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 03-Nov-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)