Species Terebella muliarrus Hutchings, 1993
Compiler and date details
Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Terebella muliarrus Hutchings, P.A. 1993. New species of the family Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp. 321-330 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. [327-328].
Type data:
Holotype AM W20942 1 specimen, gravid (complete 75 segments), Stark Bay, Rottnest Island, WA, 2-3.
Paratype(s) AM W209401 2 specimens (complete, gravid), Stark Bay, Rottnest Island, WA, 2-3; USNM 148710 3 specimens (only 1 complete), Stark Bay, Rottnest Island, WA, 2-3; BMNH 1992:318-319 2 specimens, Mabel Cove, Rottnest Island, WA, 10; LACM AHF POLY 1619 2 specimens (both incomplete individuals), Nancy Cove, Rottnest Island, WA, 18; WAM 90-92 5 specimens (all incomplete, 3 of which are gravid), Nancy Cove, Rottnest Island, WA, 18; AM W20940 2 specimens (both incomplete individuals), Fish Hook Cove, Rottnest Island, WA, 10.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast
Ecological Descriptors
Sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with Posidonia australis root mat and dead coral substrata to 35 m.
History of changes
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