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Species Hirsutonuphis macrocerata Paxton, 1996


Compiler and date details

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

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM W22173 (incomplete, 49 segments), Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 50 [34°36'S, 150°54'E].
    Paratype(s) AM W22175 1 specimen, east of Bate Bay, Cobblers, south of Sydney, 70 [34°07'S, 151°10'E]; AM W6248 2 specimens, 2 km east of Long Bay, Sydney, NSW, 66 [33°58'50''S, 150°17'0''E]; AM W6240 1 specimen, 2.3 km east of Malabar, Sydney, NSW, 66 [33°59'27''E, 150°16'48''E]; AM W6265 1 specimen, 2.3 km east of Malabar, Sydney, NSW, 66 [33°59'27''S, 150°16'48''E]; AM W22532 1 specimen, 1.6 km east of Malabar, Sydney, NSW, 66 [33°55'S, 150°17'E]; AM W6276 1 specimen, 1.6 km east of Malabar, sydney, NSW, 66 [33°58'S, 150°17'E]; AM W22174 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 50 [34°36'S, 150°54'E]; AM W22176 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 70 [34°36'S, 150°54'E]; AM W22177 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 50 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; AM W22178 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, 70 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; AM W22179 3 specimens, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 70 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; AM W22180 2 specimens, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 70 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; NTM W9545 2 specimens, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 50 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; NMV F76852 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 70 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; NMV F76853 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 70 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; QM G211932 2 specimens, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 70 [34°36'S, 150°17'E]; AM W22185 1 specimen, Plantation Point, Jervis Bay, NSW, 20 [35°04'S, 150°41'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


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

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

20–70 m depth.

 

General References

Paxton, H. 1986. Generic revision and relationships of the family Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 38: 1-74 [51] (as Hirsutonuphis sp. 2; previously as Onuphis sp. by Jones (1977: 285), and Onuphis sp. 1 by Jones & Candy (1981: 386))

 

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 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)