Species Eunice afra Peters, 1854
- Eunice afra Peters, W.C.H. 1854. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise Nach Mosambique in 1842 bis 1848 ansgeführt. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 610-614 [611].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 46 (incomplete, 43 chaetigers), Ibo, Mozambique. - Eunice afra paupera Grube, A.-E. 1878. Untersuchungen über die Familie Eunicea. Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Kultur, Berlin 1878: 37-62.
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippine Islands.
Introduction
Zanol et al. (2020) suggested that records of this species from Australia may represent another species, or a species complex.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widely distributed in Indo-Pacific area and West Indies, but see Introduction.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, sublittoral.
Citations
Eunice afra.
—Ehlers, E. 1897. Polychetaen. Hamburg : Hamburger Magalhaenischen Sammelreise 1–148 pp. [166].
—Crossland, C. 1903. The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the years 1901–1902. The Polychaeta, Pt 3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903(3): 169–176 [289–296, pl. 20].
—Monro, C.C.A. 1931. Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Echiuroidea and Sipunculoidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 1–37 [21].
—Fauvel, P. 1932. Annelida Polychaeta of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 12: 1–262 [135].
—Okuda, S. 1937. Polychaetous annelids from the Palau Islands and adjacent waters, the South Sea Islands. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 7: 257–315, 59 figs 276–279, figs 18–21.
—Hartman, O. 1944. Polychaetous annelids. Part V. Eunicea. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 10: 1–239 [110–111, pl. 6].
—Hartman, O. 1956. Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. American Museum Journal 109: 239–310, 1 pl. 282.
—[Rioja, 1962]: 174.
—Fauchald, K. 1970. Polychaetous annelids of the families Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Iphitimidae, Arabellidae, Lysaretidae and Dorvilleidae from western Mexico. Allan Hancock Foundation Monographs in Marine Biology 5: 1–335 [16–18].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). 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. 75–218 pp. [126].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1980. Teil 4. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden). 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. 41–110 pp. [63].
—Fauchald, K. 1992. A review of the genus Eunice (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 523: 1–422 [47–49, fig. 6].
Misidentifications
as Eunice afra var. paupera.
—Fauvel, P. 1943. Annélides polychètes de Californie recueillies par L. Diguet. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 18(1): 1–32 [18].
General References
Zanol, J., Hutchings, P.A. & Fauchald, K. 2020. Eunice sensu latu (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera Eunice, Leodice and Nicidion. Zootaxa 4748(1): 1-43 [3-4] (as Eunice cf. afra)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2023 | EUNICIDAE | 06-Aug-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 17-Oct-2023 | 07-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 10-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |