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Species Neanthes biseriata Hutchings & Turvey, 1982


Compiler and date details

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

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM W18417 (64 chaetigers), Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E].
    Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1351 13 specimens, Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E]; BMNH ZB 1982.5-10 6 specimens, Elliston, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; USNM 071531 9 specimens, Victor Harbour, SA [35°33'S, 138°38'E]; AM W18418 40 specimens, Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E]; AM W18423 4 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18419 1 specimen, Elliston, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; AM W18420 46 specimens, Victor Harbour, SA [35°33'S, 138°38'E]; AM W18428 2 specimens ( epitoke), Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18426 6 specimens ( epitoke), Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18429 3 specimens, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18421 1 specimen, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18422 14 specimens, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18425 1 specimen, Redbanks, Nepean River, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°44'S, 137°43'E]; AM W18424 1 specimen, South West River, SA [36°00'S, 136°52'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, 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), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rock reef, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Sand, amongst algae, in crevices or under rocks.

 

Misidentifications

as Nereis (Neanthes) cf. biseriata.
—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. [47].

Citations

Neanthes biseriata.
—Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209–226 [212–213].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna 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. 7–62 pp. [26].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Teil 13. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Westen und Port Welshpool 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. 27–66 pp. [46].

 

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)