Species Lygdamis giardi (McIntosh, 1885)

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Species Lygdamis giardi (McIntosh, 1885)

Sabellaria (Pallasia) giardi 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 [421-422, pl. 26, figs 13-15, pl. 47, fig. 7, pl. 26A, figs 13-15].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1885:12:1:6 (specimen described as 7 mm in length, 2 mm in width and damaged, but currently in worse condition and only anterior end and posterior chaetigers are in vial), off Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW [33°51'S, 151°22'E].

Generic Combinations

Lygdamis giardi (McIntosh, 1885).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Discontinuous distribution around Australia. This may represent a true record or reflect the lack of collecting. This species has also been recorded from the Moluccas Islands, Indonesia (Caullery, 1913) although this material has not been checked. 16-86 m

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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Coarse sand, continental shelf, marine, muddy sand, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Most records of solitary individuals but one sample of 81 individuals suggests they can form small colonies

Citations

Lygdamis giardi.
—Johansson, K.E. 1927. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polychaeten-Familien Hermellidae Sabellidae und Serpulidae. Zoologiska Bidrag frän Uppsala 11: 1–185 [86].
—Imajima, M. & Hartman, O. 1964. The polychaetous annelids of Japan. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 26: 1–452 [324].
—Kirtley, D.W. 1994. A review and taxonomic revision of the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). Sabecon Press Science Series 1: 1–223 [126, fig. 7.6].

Pallasia giardi.
—Ehlers, E. 1920. Polychaeten von Java und Amboina. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der malaiischen Strandfauna. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 10(7): 1–73.

General References

Hutchings, P., Capa, M. & Peart, R. 2012. Revision of the Australian Sabellariidae (Polychaeta) and description of eight new species. Zootaxa 3306: 1-60 [26, figs 6B, 11 D, E, 14, 15, table 2]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023		15-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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