Species Cheilonereis peristomialis Benham, 1916

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• Cheilonereis peristomialis Benham, W.B. 1916. Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, Part 2. pp. 125–162 in Dannevig, H.C. (ed.) Biological Results of the Fisheries Expedition F.I.S. Endeavour 1909–14. Sydney Vol. 4.

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) Numbers not provided, Great Australian Bight, Southern Ocean, Australia [35° S, 129.46° E]; Numbers not provided, New Zealand.

Introduction

Benham (1916) described Cheilonereis peristomialis primarily on a specimen from the Great Australian Bight, although he did also provide a description of a specimen from New Zealand. Importantly, he did not designate a holotype, despite the extensive description of the Australian specimen, and as such, both Australian and New Zealand specimens can only be considered syntypes. Re-collection of the Australian specimen, should that be possible, is highly desirable. - following The World Register of Marine Species

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal.

Extra Ecological Information

Found commensal in the topmost whorl of a shell occupied by a hermit crab Pagurus edwardsii (reported as Eupagurus edwardsii). See Young (1923).

General References

Young, M.W. 1923. Note on a worm found in the same shell as a hermit-crab. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 6(3): 191

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