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Species Subadyte papillifera (Horst, 1915)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in tropical and sub-tropical Indo-West Pacific.


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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower W coast

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually found in algal turf attached to coral or limestone rubble.

 

Citations

Scalisetosus papilliferous.
—Horst, R. 1917. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II Aphroditidae and Chrysopetalidae. Siboga-Expeditie, Leiden 24b: 1–143 [99, pl. 21, figs 2–4].
—Monro, C.C.A. 1928. On some Polychaeta of the Family Polynoidae from Tahiti and the Marquesas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 3: 467–473 [469].

Subadyte papillifera.
—Hanley, J.R. & Burke, M. 1991. Polychaeta Polynoidae: Scaleworms of the Chesterfield Island and Fairway Reefs, Coral Sea. 9–82 in Crosnier, A. Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle A 8: 466 [16–18, fig. 2].
—Hanley, J.R. 1993. Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp. 305–320 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 Vol. 1, 2 634 pp. [306].

 

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 29-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)