Species Euthalenessa fimbriata (McIntosh, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thalenessa fimbriata McIntosh, W.C. 1885. Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 12: 1-554 [144-145].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1885:12:1:112 (77 segments, several fragments—unsure if entire animal is present), Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

8–104m depth.

 

Citations

Euthalenessa fimbriata.
—Pettibone, M.H. 1970. Revision of the Genus Euthalenessa Darboux (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 52: 1–30 [23–25, fig. 14].

Misidentifications

as Euthalenessa digitata
—Knox, G.A. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 expedition. Part 3. Polychaeta Errantia. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 139: 77–143 [97] (in part).

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023		07-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)