Species Metabonellia haswelli (Johnston & Tiegs, 1920)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bonellia haswelli Johnston, T.H. & Tiegs, O.W. 1920. A new species of Bonellia from Port Jackson, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 13: 73-76 [73].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM G1122 immature spec, Sydney Harbour, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM G12616 immature spec., Sydney Harbour, NSW.
• Bonellia gigas Nielsen, B.J. 1963. Description of a new species of Bonellia (Echiuroidea) from Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 76: 61-67 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2696 ♂, Flinders, Western Port Bay, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV G2697 ♀, Flinders, Western Port Bay, VIC.
• Bonellia tasmanica Dartnall, A.J. 1970. A new species of Bonellia from northern Tasmania. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 104: 69-71 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH K224 ♀, Jacobs Boat harbour, TAS.
  Paratype(s) TMH K225 ♂, Jacobs Boat harbour, TAS; TMH K226 ♀, Jacobs Boat harbour, TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Edmonds, S.J. 1987. Echiurans from Australia (Echiura). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 21(2): 119-138 [121]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sand bottom marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Sheltered rocky reefs, 0-10 m depth (in tubes in the mud and debris that accumulates under rocks in sandy substrates).

 

General References

Edmonds, S.J. 1982. Echiurans. pp. 312-318 in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp. [314]

Edmonds, S.J. 1987. Echiurans from Australia (Echiura). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 21(2): 119-138 [121]

Edmonds, S.J. 2000. Phylum Echiura. pp. 353-374 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Glasby, C.J. (eds). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 Part A xii 1-465 pp. [369]

Stephen, A.C. & Edmonds, S.J. 1972. The Phyla Sinuncula and Echiura. London : Trustee of the British Museum (Natural History) 528 pp. [395]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2023	POLYCHAETA Claparède, 1864	21-Jul-2023	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)