Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Australonuphis parateres Paxton, 1979

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Species Australonuphis parateres Paxton, 1979

Giant Beach Worm, Redhead, Bungum Bluey or Slimy


Compiler and date details

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

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM W11798, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E].
    Paratype(s) AM W15067 1 ♂ specimen, south of Adelaide, SA [35°03'S, 130°31'E]; SAMA E1585 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, Port Noarlunga, SA [35°09'S, 138°28'E]; AHF Poly 1252 1 ♂ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; ZMH P-15408 1 ♀ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; BMNH ZB 1978:1 1 ♀ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; USNM 55949 1 ♀ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; ZMB 10939 1 ♀ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; AM W15068, Venus Bay, Vic [38°12'S, 145°49'E]; AM W15070 1 ♀ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; AM W15069 1 ♀ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; AM W15071, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; AM W15072 1 ♂ specimen, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; AM W15073, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW [33°44'S, 151°18'E]; AM W15074 1 ♂ specimen, Coffs Harbour, NSW [30°18'S, 153°08'E]; AM W15075 1 ♀ specimen, Coffs Harbour, NSW [30°18'S, 153°08'E]; AM W15076 1 ♀ specimen, Fraser Island, Qld [25°08'S, 153°18'E]; AM W15077, Fraser Island, Qld [25°08'S, 153°18'E]; AM W15078 1 ♀ specimen, Emu Park, Qld [23°15'S, 150°50'E]; AM W15079 1 ♀ specimen, Yeppoon, Qld [23°07'S, 150°46'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, 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

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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal.

Extra Ecological Information

On surf beaches.

 

Misidentifications

as Onuphis teres.
—Hedley, C. 1915. Presidental address: An ecological sketch of the Sydney beaches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 49: 1–77 [41].
—Fauvel, P. 1917. Annélides polychètes de l'Australie meridionale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 56: 159–278 [237–240] (in part).
—Augener, H. 1927. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 38. Polychaeten von Südost und Süd-Australien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 83: 71–275 [174–177] (in part).
—[Pope, 1942]: 23–26 (in part).
—Dakin, W.J., Bennett, I. & Pope, E.C. 1953. Australian Seashores. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 1–372 pp. [147–149] (in part).
—[Halstead, 1965]: 898 (in part).

as Eunice sp..
—Mortensen, E.E 1921. Biologiske studier over Sandstrandsfaunaen saerlig ved de danske kyster. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 72: 23–54 [33–34] (in part).

as Eunicid worm.
—[Chapman, 1915]: 649 (in part).

 

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)