Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Nereis cirriseta Hutchings & Turvey, 1982

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Species Nereis cirriseta Hutchings & Turvey, 1982


Compiler and date details

Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM W18528 (79 chaetigers), Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA.
    Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1355 1 specimen, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; BMNH ZB 1982:28 1 specimen, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; USNM 071535 1 specimen, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18529 2 specimens, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; AHF 7644 (in part) 2 specimens, Spencer Bay, SA; AM W18532 6 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18530 3 specimens, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; AM W18531 1 specimen, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


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

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Rocky intertidal shores and subtidally to 10 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Nereis denhamensis.
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130 [99–101] (in part).

as Nereis jacksoni.
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130 [95–98] (in part).

Citations

Nereis cirriseta.
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [135].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [48–49, figs 36–39].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1989. Teil 14. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen und subtropisch-tropischen Küste Südost-Australiens zwischen Lakes Entrance (Victoria) im Süden und Maclean (New South Wales) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 11–63 pp. [37].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1991. Teil 16. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Groß Barriere-Riff). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 17–71 pp. [44].

 

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 08-Jul-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 22-Apr-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 08-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)