Species Microspio granulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microspio granulata Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 39: 171-280 [232].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2947, Towra Point, Botany Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) NMV G2948, G2950-1 3 specimens; AM W13032, W13049-50 3 specimens (All paratypes from same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Sand bottom, seagrass, sublittoral.

Citations

Microspio granulata.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1984. The Spionidae of South Australia (Annelida: Polychaeta). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 1–20 [13–14].
—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 [59].

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