Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Polycirrus tesselatus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986

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Species Polycirrus tesselatus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986


Compiler and date details

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

  • Type data:
     Holotype NMV F50337 1 specimen (incomplete, 18 segments), Western Port Bay, Vic [38°26'S, 14°08'E].
    Paratype(s) AM W199468 5 specimens, Elliston Reef, SA [33°39'S, 134°S3'E]; USNM 098826 1 specimen, Bass Strait, 140 [38°52.6'S, 148°25.2'E]; BMNH ZB 1985.219 1 specimen, Bass Strait, 67 [38°52.6'S, 148°25.2'E]; NMV F50332 1 specimen, Bass Strait, 32 [40°40'S, 145°15'E]; AHF Poly 1457 1 specimen, Crib Point, Western Port Bay, Vic, 13 [38°20.83'S, 145°13.49'E]; AM W199469 1 specimen, Elliston Reef, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; AM W199470 1 specimen, Stokes Bay, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; NMV FS0333 1 specimen, Bass Strait, 32 [40°40'S, 145°15'E]; NMV FS0334 1 specimen, Bass Strait, 65 [40°24'S, 145°32'E]; NMV FS0336 1 specimen, Crib Point, Western Port Bay, Vic, 15 [38°20.94'S, 145°13.62'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South 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

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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, rock reef, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Underneath rocks and associated with algal mats on rocky shores.

 

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 POLYCIRRIDAE 12-Nov-2014 MODIFIED Lyn Randall
17-Oct-2023 03-Nov-2014 MOVED
17-Oct-2023 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 06-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)