Species Magelona dakini Jones, 1978
Compiler and date details
Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Magelona dakini Jones, M.L. 1978. Three new species of Magelona (Annelida, Polychaeta) and a redescription of Magelona pitelkai Hartman. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91: 336-363 [355-360].
Type data:
Holotype AM W13263, Careel Bay, Pittwater, NSW [33°37'S, 151°20'E].
Paratype(s) AM W8241 1 specimen, Careel Bay, Pittwater, NSW [33°37'S, 151°20'E]; AM W6037 2 specimens, Jackson Creek, Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Qld; USNM 55230 1 specimen, Careel Bay, Pittwater, NSW [33°37'S, 151°20'E]; AM W8240 1 specimen, Careel Bay, Pittwater, NSW [33°37'S, 151°20'E]; AM W7603 3 specimens, Kogarah Bay, George's River, NSW; AM W7619 6 specimens, Kogarah Bay, George's River, NSW; AM W7521 2 specimens, Tom Ugly's Bridge, George's River, NSW; AM W7643 1 specimen, Tom Ugly's Bridge, George's River, NSW; AM W7669 2 specimens, Como Bridge, NSW; AM W7687 1 specimen, Soily Bottom Point, NSW; AM W4979 8 specimens, Tin Can Bay, Qld; AM W7469 3 specimens, Quarentine Station, Brisbane River, Qld; AM W10237-40, W10243-46 28 specimens, Calliope River, Qld; AM W10241 1 specimen, Auckland Creek, Qld; AM W10242 1 specimen, Auckland Creek, Qld; USNM 55220 37 specimens, Port Phillip Bay, northwest portion, offshore from Werribee, Vic, 10; USNM 55221 13 specimens, Mallacoota Inlet, Vic.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IMCRA
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, Lower E coast, NE coast
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, sand bottom, seagrass, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Common and widespread in sheltered shallow embayments and estuaries in seagrass beds and sand.
Citations
Magelona dakini.
—Hutchings, P. & Rainer, S.F. 1979. The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Natural History 13: 745–796 [774].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [63].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Teil 13. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Westen und Port Welshpool im Osten). 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. 27–66 pp. [55].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1990. Teil 15. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen und tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Süden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. 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. 41–87 pp. [71–72].
General References
Hutchings, P.A. & Recher, H.F. 1974. The fauna of Careel Bay with comments on the eceology of mangrove and seagrass communities. The Australian Zoologist 18(2): 99-128 [105, 119] (as Magelona sp.)
Poore, G.C.B., Rainer, S.F., Spies, R.B. & Ward, E. 1975. The zoobenthos program in Port Phillip Bay, 1969–73. Fisheries and Wildlife Technical Paper, Victoria 7: 1-78 [29, 56] (as Magelona spp. 2 & 4)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2023 | 15-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |