Species Diopatra lilliputiana Paxton, 1993
Compiler and date details
Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Diopatra lilliputiana Paxton, H. 1993. Diopatra Audouin and Milne Edwards (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) from Australia, with a discussion of developmental patterns in the genus. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 10: 115-154.
Type data:
Holotype AM W19691 (incomplete, 36 segments), Enderby Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA [20°36'S, 116°30'E].
Paratype(s) AM W20562 1 specimen (complete), Enderby Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA [20°36.1S, 116°30'E]; WAM 182-86 1 specimen (incomplete specimen, with tube and 7-setiger larvae), North West Cape, Bay of Rest, WA; NTM W2135 1 specimen (incomplete), Broome, WA; AM W 187-86 1 specimen (specimen incomplete, with tube and egg sac, and additional tube with 15-setiger larvae), North West Cape, Bay of Rest, WA; AM W 188-86 1 specimen (specimen incomplete, with tube and eggs, and larger empty tube), North West Cape, Bay of Rest, WA; AM W 190-86 1 specimen (specimen incomplete ♂, with tube and 2 additional tubes, 1 with egg and 1 with 15-setiger larvae), North West Cape, Bay of Rest, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, NW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Subtidal.
Misidentifications
as ?Diopatra sp. (?dentata).
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4 [281].
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Oct-2023 | 23-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 15-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |