Species Hirsutonuphis armillata Paxton, 1996

Compiler and date details

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

Hirsutonuphis armillata Paxton, H. 1996. Hirsutonuphis (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) from Australia, with a discussion of setal progression in juveniles. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 77-96 [79-83].
Type data:
Holotype AM W22159 (incomplete, 115 setigers), east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW [34°26'S, 150°54'E].
Paratype(s) AM 18095 1 specimen, Pallarenda Beach, north of Townsville, Qld, 0.1 [19°11'S, 146°46'E]; AM W22528 2 specimens, mouth of Althaus Creek, Halifax Bay, north of Townsville, Qld, 2 [19°10'S, 146°36'E]; QM G211934 1 specimen, east of Wattamolla, south of Wollongong, NSW, 40 [34°33'S, 150°39'E]; NMV F76855 1 specimen, east of Wattamolla, south of Sydney, NSW, 40 [34°33'S, 150°39'E]; NTM W9546 1 specimen, east of Wattamolla, south of Wollongong, NSW, 40 [34°33'S, 150°39'E]; AM W22156 1 specimen, east of Bate Bay, Cobblers, south of Sydney, NSW, 30 [34°53.184'S, 151°17.364'E]; AM W22530 2 specimens, Bondi, Sydney, NSW, 30 [33°53.184'S, 151°17.264'E]; AM W13773 2 specimens, Botany bay, north of Kurnell, Sydney, NSW, 6 [34°00'S, 151°12'E]; AM W13774 1 specimen, Botany Bay, south of La Perouse, Sydney, NSW, 16 [34°00'S, 151°14'E]; AM W20721 1 specimen, Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW [34°00'S, 151°11'E]; AM W195388 1 specimen, Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW, 5 [34°00'S, 151°11'E]; AM W195392 1 specimen, Botany Bay, Sydney [34°00'S. 151°11'E]; AM W195729 1 specimen, Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW [34°00'S, 151°11'E]; AM W22529 1 specimen, Palm Beach, Sydney, NSW [33°36'S, 151°19'E]; AM W22157 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 30 [34°36'S, 150°54'E]; AM W22155 1 specimen, east of Bass Point, south of Wollongong, NSW, 30 [34°36'S, 150°54'E]; AM W22158 2 specimens, east of Wattamolla, south of Wollongong, NSW, 40 [34°33'S, 150°39'E]; QM G11933 1 specimen, east of Wattamolla, south of Wollongong, NSW [34°33'S, 150°39'E]; NMV F76854 1 specimen, wast of Wattamolla, south of Sydney, NSW, 40 [34°33'S, 150°39'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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.

IMCRA

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: Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal to 40 m depth, in sand, rarely mud.

General References

Paxton, H. 1986. Generic revision and relationships of the family Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 38: 1-74 [51] (as Hirsutonuphis sp. 1)

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)