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Species Paraphellia lineata Haddon & Shackleton, 1893

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Diagnosis

Column slightly higher than broad, height 25 mm, grey and speckled sparcely with pale brown, mesenterial insertions visible as alternate white and yellow lines. Oral disc wider than column, white with fine radial brown lines. Oral third of oral disc may be raised into cone, mouth slit-like on cone, with two pink siphonglyphs. Very short tentacles, about 100, buff with dark core, and opaque rings on upper third, some with translucent red at based, other brown, most with five dark spots on each side. Pedal disc about same diameter as oral disc. Marginal sphincter muscle formed by compact series of elongated and slightly branched muscle cavities which give it a striated appearance.

 

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)
05-Aug-2022 NYNANTHEAE Carlgren, 1899 13-Aug-2013 MOVED Dr Bronwen Scott
05-Aug-2022 28-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 28-Jul-2010 MODIFIED
13-Jul-2010 MODIFIED