Species Australonuphis teres (Ehlers, 1868)

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Species Australonuphis teres (Ehlers, 1868)

Adults - Kingworm, Greenhead, Bronzehead, Bull Worm; Juveniles - Stumpy, Standard Beach Worm, High-tiders

Compiler and date details

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

Diopatra teres Ehlers, E. 1868. Die Borstenwürmer, nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann 290 pp. [293-295].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 6727 (complete but in 5 parts, total 400 segments), Sydney, New South Wales.

Generic Combinations

Australonuphis teres (Ehlers, 1868). —
Paxton, H. 1979. Taxonomy and aspects of the life history of Australian beachworms (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 265-294 [271]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

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

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, Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal.

Extra Ecological Information

From surf beaches.

Citations

Onuphis teres.
—[Hedley, 1915] 41, fig. 7.
—Fauvel, P. 1917. Annélides polychètes de l'Australie meridionale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 56: 159–278 [237–240, pl. 5, figs 25–44] (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 [174–178] (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).

Australonuphis teres.
—Paxton, H. 1986. Generic revision and relationships of the family Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 38: 1–74 [46, fig. 30].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1991. Teil 16. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Groß Barriere-Riff). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 17–71 pp. [46].

Misidentifications

as Eunice sp. (in part).
—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].

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	Action Date	Action Type
17-Oct-2023	23-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	15-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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