Species Micronephthys derupeli Dixon-Bridges, Gladstone & Hutchings, 2014
- Micronephthys derupeli Dixon-Bridges, K., Gladstone, W. & Hutchings, P. 2014. One new species of Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on Aglaophamus australiensis (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species. Zootaxa 3872(5): 513-540 [516, figs 1-5].
Type data:
Holotype AM W41508, Port Stephens, Big Swan Bay, NSW [32°43'22"S, 151°58'01"E].
Paratype(s) AM W41509, W41510, W41732, W43573, Port Stephens, Big Swan Bay, NSW [32°43'22"S, 151°58'01"E]; USNM 1220304, Port Stephens, Big Swan Bay South, NSW [32º43'37.3"S, 151º58'02.3"E]; USNM 1220305, Port Stephens, just west of Soldiers Point, NSW, muddy/sand site, [32º41'58"S, 152°03’16”E]; BMNH 2013.442–443, Port Stephens, NSW [32º42'49.0"S, 152º01'22.1"E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Occurs from Port Stephens to Botany Bay, NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, in mud, sandy mud bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
In depths from 1.6-3.6 m
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEPHTYIDAE | 17-Oct-2014 | ADDED | ABRS |