Species Aonides oxycephala (Sars, 1862)

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Species Aonides oxycephala (Sars, 1862)

Nerine oxycephala Sars, M. 1862. Om Annelidslaegten Nerine og dans norske Arter. Christiana Videnskabs-Selskabs Forhandlinger 1862: 59-67 [64].
Type data:
Status unknown, Norway.
Aonides californiensis Rioja, E. 1947. Estudios anelidológicos XVII. Contribución al conocimiento de los anélidos poliquetos de Baja California y mar de Cortés. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico 18: 197-224 [205].
Type data:
Status unknown, La Paz, western Mexico.
Aonides mayaguezensis Foster, N. 1969. New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, with a partial revision of the genus Prionospio. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 82: 381-400 [393].
Type data:
Status unknown, Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

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

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast

Nearctic Region

Mexico
- Baja California

Palaearctic Region

Norway

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sand bottom, seagrass, sublittoral.

Citations

Aonides oxycephala.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [189–191].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1984. The Spionidae of South Australia (Annelida: Polychaeta). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 1–20 [7–8].
—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 [57].

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
17-Oct-2023	29-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	16-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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