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Species Neodexiospira turrita (Vine, 1972)


Compiler and date details

Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea.


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)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • Hawaii

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually attached to hard substrates down to 50 m depth.

 

Citations

Janua (Dexiopsira) preacuta.
—Knight-Jones, P., Knight-Jones, E.W. & Kawahara, T. 1975. A review of the genus Janua, including Dexiospira (Polychaeta: Spirorbinae). Journal of the Linnaean Society of London. Zoology 56: 91–129 [113].
—Vine, P.J. & Bailey-Brock, J.H. 1984. Taxonomy and ecology of coral reef tube worms (Serpulidae, Spirorbidae) in the Sudanese Red Sea. Journal of the Linnaean Society of London. Zoology 80: 135–156 [148].

 

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)
20-Jul-2023 SERPULIDAE 23-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 03-Nov-2010 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 09-Aug-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)