Species Diopatra maculata Paxton, 1993
Compiler and date details
Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Diopatra maculata Paxton, H. 1993. Diopatra Audouin and Milne Edwards (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) from Australia, with a discussion of developmental patterns in the genus. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 10: 115-154 [125-129].
Type data:
Holotype AM W19748 (incomplete, 104 segments), Shirley Island, WA [16°17'S, 123°26'E].
Paratype(s) AM W19746 2 specimens (1 posteriorly regenerated complete specimen and 1 incomplete specimen), Corneille Island, WA [14°12'S, 125°44'E]; ZMH P16650 2 specimens (specimens incomplete, 1 with tube), Beadon Creek Onslow, WA; NTM W4808 1 specimen (complete in 2 parts), East Arm, Shell Island, Darwin Harbour, NT; AM W 19688 1 specimen (specimen posteriorly regenerated, complete with tube and attached larvae), Enderby Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA [20°36'S, 116°30'E]; AM W 20369 1 specimen (specimen complete, with 7 empty tubes), Port Hedland, Finucane Island, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Gulf of Carp., N coast, NW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Subtidal.
Misidentifications
as Diopatra cuprea cuprea.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). 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. 75–218 pp. [125–126, figs 258–261] (in part).
as Diopatra sp.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1980. Teil 4. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden). 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. 41–110 pp. [63] (in part).
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Oct-2023 | 23-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 15-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |