Species Aglaophamus verrilli (McIntosh, 1885)

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Species Aglaophamus verrilli (McIntosh, 1885)

Nephtys verrilli McIntosh, W.C. 1885. Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 12: 1-554 [163-164].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1885:12:1:127, New Zealand.
Aglaophamus dicirris Hartman, O. 1950. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 15: 1-181 [122-124].
Type data:
Holotype AHF Poly 0786, Pacific coast of Panama.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast
New Zealand
- North Island
- South Island

Neotropical Region

Panama

Oriental Region

India

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

From sand to mud down to 30 m depth.

Citations

Aglaophamus verrilli.
—Rainer, S.F. & Hutchings, P. 1977. Nephtyidae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 307–347 [316–320, figs 7–11].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [43].

Misidentifications

as Nephthys dibranchis.
—[Hartman, 1938]: 146 (in part).
—[Hartman, 1940]: 237 (in part).
—Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland Papers 2(9): 163–201 [182–183].
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Lance, G.N. 1970. The macrobenthos of Moreton Bay. Ecological Monographs 40: 459–494 [470].
—not Grube, A.-E. 1878. Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur kenntniss der annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 25: ix 1–300 pls 1–15.

misidentification of Aglaophamus verrilli by Paxton, H. 1974. Contribution to the study of Australian Nephtyidae (Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 28: 197–208 [199, fig. 1].

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

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